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Ukraine's drones have targeted Russia's oil facility in Ufa, situated some 1,400 kilometers from Ukraine, triggering blasts and a blaze, per a insider in the Ukrainian Security Service.

This represents the latest Ukrainian security service long-range attack in Bashkortostan in the past month. Such attacks show that there are no secure zones in the deep rear of the Russia.

Ukrainian President Calls On US President to Facilitate Ceasefire in Ukraine

President Zelenskyy appealed to the US President to broker peace in Ukraine over a call on the weekend.

"When a hostilities can be stopped in one region, then certainly additional conflicts can be ended as well, covering the Russian war," he said, hailing the US President's "outstanding" Middle East ceasefire plan and calling for the US president to influence the Moscow into talks.

Moscow's Assaults Claim Casualties in the Country

Strikes by Russia on Ukraine killed at least 5 individuals on Saturday and disrupted electricity to parts of the southern Odesa region, as stated by authorities in Ukraine.

Two people died in a church in Kostyantynivka when it was hit, according to local authorities.

In the Russian frontier area of the Belgorod region, a truck driver was fatally wounded by a Ukrainian strike, as stated by municipal sources.

Power Recovery Operations in the Capital

Efforts carried on on Saturday to recover electricity in the Ukrainian capital, after strikes by Moscow.

Power had been returned to more than 800,000 inhabitants by the weekend and the major private energy company said the key operations to restore power was finished though certain disruptions continued.

Anti-Aircraft Efforts and Drone Downings

The Ukrainian air defences intercepted or jammed fifty-four of 78 total Russian drones deployed targeting Ukraine during the night, the air force reported on Saturday.

The Russian defence ministry stated it intercepted 42 enemy drones over Russian territory.

Cuba Refutes Accusations of Sending Troops to Ukraine

Havana on Saturday denied American claims it has deployed soldiers to engage in the conflict in Ukraine, while declaring Cuban authorities "are without exact information about citizens of Cuba" involved "voluntarily" or "in the military forces of the conflicting parties".

The ministry in Havana announced 26 Cuban citizens had been given prison terms to prison terms ranging from 5 to 14 years for participating as mercenaries since September 2023 when reports circulated of Cubans being deployed to the frontlines in the conflict.

Surrender Initiative Project Discloses Details on Cuban National Enlistment

The program, a state initiative that encourages enemy combatants to surrender, reported in May: "We have confirmed the names and personal details of over a thousand Cuban nationals who signed contracts with the Russian armed forces in 2023-2024."

The Cuban foreign ministry said of Cubans who might be involved: "It is irrefutable that not a single one possesses the encouragement, commitment, or authorization of the Cuban state for their activities."

Kin of Cubans who left for Russia in 2023 informed news outlets at the time that their relatives had been misled into enlisting through advertisements on social media.