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Ukraine's UAVs have hit the Russian oil facility in Ufa, situated some 1,400 km from the Ukrainian border, triggering explosions and a fire, per a informed individual in Ukraine's intelligence agency.

This marks the latest intelligence long-range attack in Bashkortostan in the past month. These operations demonstrate that there are no safe places in the distant backlines of the Russian Federation.

Ukrainian President Appeals to Trump to Mediate Peace in Ukraine

President Zelenskyy appealed to Donald Trump to broker peace in Ukraine during a telephone conversation on Saturday.

"When a war can be stopped in one region, then undoubtedly other wars can be halted as well, including the Russian aggression," Zelenskyy remarked, hailing Trump's "outstanding" Middle East ceasefire plan and calling for the US president to pressure the Moscow into discussions.

Russian Strikes Take Victims in the Country

Russian attacks on Ukraine claimed the lives of 5 individuals on the weekend and cut power to parts of Ukraine's southern Odesa region, per local sources.

Two people were killed in a church in the town when it was struck, as reported by municipal sources.

In Russia's adjacent territory of the Belgorod region, a vehicle operator was fatally wounded by a Ukrainian strike, per municipal sources.

Electricity Recovery Operations in the Capital

Efforts continued on the weekend to restore power in the Ukrainian capital, after strikes by Moscow.

Energy had been recovered to over 800,000 inhabitants by Saturday and the biggest power firm announced the main efforts to restore power was finished though some outages continued.

Air Defence Efforts and Drone Downings

The Ukrainian air defences downed or disrupted 54 of 78 enemy drones launched towards Ukraine in the dark hours, the aerial defense command announced on the weekend.

Russia's military authorities stated it shot down 42 enemy UAVs from Ukraine over its own soil.

Cuba Denies Allegations of Sending Soldiers to Ukraine

The Cuban government on the weekend denied US allegations it has sent soldiers to engage in the conflict in Ukraine, while declaring the government "lack precise details about individuals" engaged "independently" or "as part of the armed units of both sides".

The ministry in the capital said twenty-six Cubans had been given prison terms to incarceration from 5 to 14 years for mercenary involvement since September 2023 when reports spread of Cuban nationals being deployed to the battlefield in the conflict.

I Want to Live Project Discloses Information on Cuban Involvement

I Want to Live, a Ukrainian government initiative that urges opposing fighters to surrender, stated in spring: "We have confirmed the personal data of one thousand and twenty-eight Cuban nationals who enlisted with the Russian armed forces in 2023-2024."

The government in Havana said of Cubans who might be engaged: "Undeniably that none of them possesses the encouragement, commitment, or consent of the government in Havana for their activities."

Kin of individuals who left for the Russian Federation in the year informed news outlets at the time that their loved ones had been deceptively recruited through advertisements on social media.