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Ukrainian UAVs have targeted Russia's oil processing plant in the city of Ufa, located some 1,400 kilometres from the Ukrainian border, causing explosions and a inferno, according to a informed individual in the Ukrainian SBU.

This constitutes the 3rd intelligence deep strike in Bashkortostan in the past month. These strikes demonstrate that there are no safe places in the distant backlines of the Russia.

Zelenskyy Urges US President to Broker Truce in the Conflict

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

"If a war can be stopped in one region, then certainly additional conflicts can be stopped as well, including the Russian war," the President stated, commending the US President's "remarkable" Middle East truce proposal and urging the American leader to influence the Kremlin into talks.

Moscow's Attacks Take Victims in Ukraine

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

Two civilians lost their lives within a church in the town when it was targeted, as reported by regional officials.

In Russia's adjacent territory of the Belgorod region, a lorry operator was killed by a Ukrainian strike, according to regional authorities.

Electricity Restoration Operations in the Capital

Operations carried on on the weekend to repair energy infrastructure in Kyiv, after Russian attacks.

Power had been restored to more than 800,000 residents by the weekend and the largest private energy company said the key operations to restore power was concluded though certain disruptions persisted.

Air Defence Actions and UAV Downings

The Ukrainian anti-aircraft systems neutralized 54 out of 78 total Russian drones sent targeting Ukraine during the night, the aerial defense command said on Saturday.

Russia's defense officials stated it intercepted 42 drones over the country's airspace.

Cuban Government Refutes Allegations of Providing Soldiers to Ukraine

Havana on Saturday denied American claims it has deployed military personnel to engage in the Ukraine war, while declaring Cuban authorities "lack precise data about Cuban nationals" participating "on their own" or "within the troops of the conflicting parties".

The government department in the capital stated 26 Cuban citizens had been sentenced to incarceration from 5 to 14 years for mercenary activity since last September when news circulated of individuals being deployed to the battlefield in Ukraine.

Surrender Initiative Initiative Reveals Details on Cuban Recruitment

The surrender initiative, a state project that promotes opposing fighters to lay down arms, said in May: "Our information indicates the names and personal details of one thousand and twenty-eight individuals who signed contracts with the Russian armed forces in the past two years."

The Cuban authorities stated of Cuban nationals who might be participating: "There is no doubt that no individual possesses the backing, allegiance, or consent of the Cuban state for their actions."

Family members of individuals who left for the Russian Federation in the year informed Agence France-Presse at the time that their relatives had been deceptively recruited through promotions on digital networks.