Newest Refinery Strike Demonstrates 'Zero Protected Areas in the Russian Distant Backlines'

Ukraine's UAVs have hit the Russian oil facility in the city of Ufa, located around 1,400 kilometres from the Ukrainian border, causing detonations and a blaze, as reported by a source in Ukraine's intelligence agency.

This constitutes the latest Ukrainian security service long-range attack in Bashkortostan in the last month. Such attacks illustrate that there are no secure zones in the deep rear of the Russian state.

Zelenskyy Appeals to Trump to Mediate Truce in Ukraine

Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged President Trump to facilitate a truce in Ukraine over a telephone conversation on Saturday.

"If a conflict can be halted in a particular zone, then undoubtedly further hostilities can be stopped as well, including the Russian war," Zelenskyy remarked, commending Trump's "exceptional" Gaza truce proposal and calling for the US president to influence the Moscow into discussions.

Moscow's Assaults Take Lives in Ukraine

Russian attacks on Ukraine resulted in the deaths of 5 individuals on the weekend and disrupted electricity to sections of Ukraine's southern Odesa oblast, according to Ukrainian officials.

Two civilians were killed inside a church in Kostyantynivka when it was struck, per regional officials.

In the Russian adjacent territory of Belgorod, a lorry operator was fatally wounded by a Ukrainian strike, per regional authorities.

Energy Repair Efforts in Kyiv

Work continued on Saturday to recover electricity in the Ukrainian capital, after Russian attacks.

Energy had been recovered to in excess of 800,000 inhabitants by Saturday and the biggest power firm said the key work to restore power was concluded though partial blackouts continued.

Anti-Aircraft Operations and UAV Downings

The Ukrainian air defences intercepted or jammed fifty-four of 78 enemy drones sent targeting Ukraine during the night, the military said on the weekend.

The Russian defence ministry stated it eliminated 42 enemy UAVs from Ukraine over its own soil.

Cuban Government Denies Claims of Providing Forces to Ukraine

Havana on Saturday refuted US claims it has deployed soldiers to participate in the conflict in Ukraine, while stating the government "do not have precise data about individuals" engaged "independently" or "as part of the armed units of either party".

The government department in Havana announced 26 Cubans had been given prison terms to incarceration from five up to fourteen years for participating as mercenaries since September 2023 when information spread of Cubans being dispatched to the battlefield in the conflict.

I Want to Live Program Discloses Data on Cuban Recruitment

The surrender initiative, a Ukrainian government program that urges enemy combatants to lay down arms, said in spring: "We reliably know the personal data of one thousand and twenty-eight Cuban nationals who enlisted with the Moscow's troops in the past two years."

The Cuban authorities commented of Cuban nationals who might be participating: "It is irrefutable that not a single one has the backing, dedication, or authorization of the Cuban state for their actions."

Kin of individuals who left for Russia in the year informed Agence France-Presse at the time that their loved ones had been misled into enlisting through ads on social media.