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Ukraine's unmanned aerial vehicles have struck the Russian Bashneft processing plant in Ufa, located approximately 1,400 km from Ukraine, causing blasts and a blaze, according to a insider in Ukraine's intelligence agency.

This constitutes the latest Ukrainian security service deep strike in the region in the last month. Such strikes show that there are no safe places in the deep rear of the Russian Federation.

Zelenskyy Calls On US President to Broker Ceasefire in Ukraine

The Ukrainian leader urged President Trump to mediate a ceasefire in Ukraine during a call on Saturday.

"If a hostilities can be ended in a particular zone, then surely additional conflicts can be halted as well, including the Russian aggression," he remarked, praising the US President's "outstanding" Gaza peace initiative and calling for the US president to compel the Kremlin into discussions.

Moscow's Assaults Take Lives in the Country

Moscow's assaults on Ukraine resulted in the deaths of five people on Saturday and disrupted electricity to areas of Ukraine's southern Odesa oblast, as stated by Ukrainian officials.

A pair of individuals died inside a religious building in the town when it was targeted, according to local authorities.

In Russia's border region of Belgorod, a truck driver was lost his life by a Ukrainian strike, per municipal sources.

Energy Restoration Operations in Kyiv

Efforts continued on Saturday to recover electricity in Kyiv, after strikes by Moscow.

Power had been restored to over 800,000 citizens by the weekend and the largest utility provider stated the primary operations to restore power was complete though certain disruptions continued.

Anti-Aircraft Operations and Drone Jamming

The Ukrainian defense forces neutralized 54 of seventy-eight UAVs from Russia sent towards Ukraine during the night, the air force said on the weekend.

Russia's defence ministry said it intercepted forty-two UAVs from Ukraine over the country's airspace.

Cuba Refutes Allegations of Deploying Forces to the War

Cuba on Saturday denied US allegations it has sent troops to engage in the hostilities, while stating officials in Havana "are without precise details about citizens of Cuba" involved "on their own" or "in the military forces of both sides".

The ministry in Havana stated twenty-six nationals had been sentenced to jail sentences from five to 14 years for mercenary activity since September 2023 when information spread of Cubans being dispatched to the battlefield in the conflict.

Surrender Initiative Initiative Reveals Data on Cuban National Recruitment

I Want to Live, a Ukrainian government program that promotes opposing fighters to give up, stated in spring: "We reliably know the names and personal details of one thousand and twenty-eight individuals who enlisted with the Moscow's troops in the past two years."

The Cuban foreign ministry commented of Cuban nationals who might be involved: "Undeniably that none of them has the backing, dedication, or authorization of the Cuban state for their activities."

Family members of Cuban nationals who departed to the Russian Federation in the year told international media at the time that their loved ones had been tricked into joining through advertisements on social media.