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Ukraine's UAVs have targeted the Russian Bashneft processing plant in Ufa, situated around 1,400 kilometers from Ukraine, triggering detonations and a blaze, as reported by a informed individual in the Ukrainian Security Service.

This constitutes the 3rd SBU long-range attack in Bashkortostan in the last month. These operations demonstrate that there are no safe places in the deep rear of the Russia.

Zelenskyy Appeals to Trump to Broker Truce in the Conflict

Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged the US President to facilitate a truce in Ukraine during a call on Saturday.

"Provided that a war can be halted in a particular zone, then surely further hostilities can be ended as well, covering the Russian aggression," the President said, commending the US President's "outstanding" Gaza truce proposal and urging the US president to influence the Moscow into negotiations.

Russian Strikes Take Lives in Ukraine

Strikes by Russia on Ukrainian territory killed at least several civilians on Saturday and disrupted electricity to sections of Ukraine's south Odesa region, per local sources.

A pair of individuals were killed inside a church in the town when it was struck, per local authorities.

In the Russian border region of Belgorod, a truck driver was killed by a drone assault, according to municipal sources.

Power Repair Efforts in the Capital

Work carried on on Saturday to repair energy infrastructure in Kyiv, after Russian attacks.

Electricity had been restored to in excess of 800,000 residents by Saturday and the largest power firm said the primary efforts to repair the grid was finished though partial blackouts continued.

Air Defence Efforts and UAV Interceptions

The Ukrainian air defences downed or disrupted fifty-four of seventy-eight UAVs from Russia deployed targeting Ukraine overnight, the aerial defense command reported on the weekend.

Russia's defense officials said it eliminated 42 enemy UAVs from Ukraine over its own soil.

Cuban Government Denies Allegations of Sending Soldiers to Ukraine

Havana on Saturday rejected US claims it has provided military personnel to fight in the conflict in Ukraine, while declaring the government "lack accurate data about individuals" engaged "on their own" or "in the military forces of the conflicting parties".

The foreign ministry in Havana stated 26 Cuban citizens had been convicted to incarceration from 5 to 14 years for mercenary activity since September 2023 when reports emerged of Cubans being deployed to the frontlines in Ukraine.

I Want to Live Project Reveals Data on Cuban Recruitment

The program, a Ukrainian government project that urges adversaries to give up, said in spring: "Our information indicates the names and personal details of 1,028 individuals who enlisted with the Moscow's troops in the past two years."

The Cuban foreign ministry stated of Cubans who might be involved: "Undeniably that not a single one have the support, allegiance, or consent of the government in Havana for their actions."

Relatives of Cuban nationals who departed to the Russian Federation in 2023 told Agence France-Presse at the time that their relatives had been misled into enlisting through advertisements on digital networks.