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Ukraine's drones have hit the Russian Bashneft facility in Ufa, positioned some 1,400 kilometres from Ukraine, triggering detonations and a fire, per a informed individual in the Ukrainian Security Service.

This constitutes the latest Ukrainian security service deep strike in Bashkortostan in the last month. Those strikes illustrate that there are no safe places in the far hinterland of the Russian state.

Ukrainian President Calls On US President to Facilitate Peace in Ukraine

The Ukrainian leader appealed to President Trump to facilitate a truce in Ukraine in a telephone conversation on the weekend.

"When a war can be halted in a particular zone, then undoubtedly further hostilities can be halted as well, encompassing the Russian aggression," the President said, praising the US President's "exceptional" Middle East ceasefire plan and urging the American leader to compel the Moscow into negotiations.

Moscow's Strikes Claim Casualties in Ukraine

Strikes by Russia on Ukraine resulted in the deaths of five people on Saturday and disrupted electricity to sections of Ukraine's southern Odesa area, per Ukrainian officials.

Two people were killed within a religious building in Kostyantynivka when it was struck, as reported by local authorities.

In Russia's frontier area of the Belgorod region, a truck driver was killed by a drone assault, per regional authorities.

Electricity Repair Efforts in Kyiv

Work carried on on Saturday to restore power in the Ukrainian capital, after strikes by Moscow.

Electricity had been recovered to more than 800,000 residents by the weekend and the largest private energy company stated the key efforts to repair the grid was complete though partial blackouts remained.

Anti-Aircraft Operations and UAV Interceptions

Ukraine's defense forces neutralized 54 out of seventy-eight Russian drones sent towards Ukraine during the night, the military reported on the weekend.

Russia's defense officials said it shot down forty-two UAVs from Ukraine over the country's airspace.

Cuban Government Rejects Claims of Providing Forces to the War

Havana on Saturday rejected American allegations it has deployed troops to engage in the hostilities, while affirming officials in Havana "do not have accurate data about individuals" participating "on their own" or "in the military forces of both sides".

The government department in Havana said 26 Cubans had been convicted to jail sentences varying between five up to fourteen years for mercenary involvement since the autumn of 2023 when news emerged of Cubans being dispatched to the frontlines in Ukraine.

I Want to Live Program Reports Data on Cuban National Recruitment

The surrender initiative, a Ukrainian government initiative that encourages opposing fighters to surrender, reported in spring: "We reliably know the personal data of over a thousand Cubans who enlisted with the Moscow's troops in recently."

The Cuban foreign ministry commented of Cuban nationals who might be engaged: "Undeniably that none of them possesses the backing, commitment, or consent of the Cuban authorities for their involvement."

Kin of Cubans who departed to the Russian Federation in 2023 told Agence France-Presse at the time that their family members had been deceptively recruited through advertisements on online platforms.