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Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles have hit Russia's Bashneft facility in the city of Ufa, located some 1,400 kilometers from Ukraine, triggering explosions and a inferno, as reported by a source in Ukraine's Security Service.

This constitutes the third intelligence deep strike in the region in the last month. Such strikes show that there are no secure zones in the far hinterland of the Russian Federation.

Ukrainian President Appeals to US President to Broker Peace in the Conflict

Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged President Trump to mediate a ceasefire in Ukraine during a telephone conversation on the weekend.

"When a war can be ended in a single area, then surely additional conflicts can be stopped as well, encompassing the Russian war," he said, praising the US President's "outstanding" Gaza ceasefire plan and urging the US president to compel the Russian government into negotiations.

Russian Attacks Claim Victims in Ukraine

Strikes by Russia on Ukraine resulted in the deaths of several civilians on the weekend and cut power to areas of Ukraine's southern Odesa area, as stated by Ukrainian officials.

Two civilians died inside a religious building in the town when it was struck, according to local authorities.

In Russia's frontier area of the Belgorod region, a vehicle operator was killed by a attack from Ukraine, per municipal sources.

Power Repair Operations in the Capital

Operations proceeded on the weekend to recover electricity in the Ukrainian capital, after strikes by Moscow.

Electricity had been returned to in excess of 800,000 citizens by the weekend and the biggest utility provider announced the key work to restore power was finished though certain disruptions remained.

Anti-Aircraft Actions and Drone Interceptions

Ukraine's air defences intercepted or jammed 54 out of seventy-eight Russian drones sent towards the country in the dark hours, the air force said on Saturday.

Russia's military authorities said it eliminated forty-two Ukrainian drones over its own soil.

Cuban Government Rejects Allegations of Sending Forces to the War

Havana on the weekend denied American allegations it has sent military personnel to engage in the hostilities, while affirming the government "are without precise data about Cuban nationals" engaged "on their own" or "as part of the armed units of the conflicting parties".

The government department in the capital said 26 Cuban citizens had been convicted to incarceration varying between 5 to 14 years for participating as mercenaries since the autumn of 2023 when news circulated of Cuban nationals being dispatched to the front in Ukraine.

I Want to Live Project Reveals Details on Cuban Recruitment

The surrender initiative, a Ukrainian government program that urges opposing fighters to give up, said in spring: "We have confirmed the personal data of one thousand and twenty-eight Cubans who enlisted with the Russian armed forces in the past two years."

The Cuban foreign ministry commented of Cubans who might be participating: "There is no doubt that no individual have the support, dedication, or authorization of the Cuban state for their actions."

Relatives of Cuban nationals who left for the Russian Federation in the year reported to news outlets at the time that their loved ones had been tricked into joining through ads on online platforms.