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Ukraine's unmanned aerial vehicles have hit Russia's Bashneft refinery in the city of Ufa, positioned some 1,400 kilometers from Ukraine, causing blasts and a inferno, according to a informed individual in Ukraine's SBU.

This represents the third Ukrainian security service long-range attack in Bashkortostan in the recent weeks. Such attacks show that there are no protected areas in the deep rear of the Russian state.

Zelenskyy Urges Trump to Facilitate Ceasefire in the Conflict

Volodymyr Zelenskyy appealed to the US President to facilitate a truce in the Ukrainian conflict in a phone call on Saturday.

"Provided that a conflict can be ended in a single area, then surely other wars can be ended as well, including the Russian war," he stated, commending Trump's "outstanding" Gaza ceasefire plan and requesting the American leader to pressure the Moscow into discussions.

Russian Strikes Take Casualties in Ukraine

Moscow's assaults on Ukrainian territory claimed the lives of 5 individuals on Saturday and cut power to sections of the south Odesa region, as stated by authorities in Ukraine.

A pair of individuals were killed in a church in the town when it was struck, as reported by regional officials.

In the Russian border region of Belgorod, a vehicle operator was lost his life by a Ukrainian strike, according to local officials.

Energy Repair Operations in the Capital

Work carried on on the weekend to repair energy infrastructure in Kyiv, after strikes by Moscow.

Energy had been recovered to in excess of 800,000 citizens by Saturday and the major private energy company announced the key operations to recover electricity was complete though certain disruptions remained.

Air Defence Efforts and UAV Interceptions

Ukraine's defense forces neutralized 54 of 78 total Russian drones deployed targeting Ukraine during the night, the aerial defense command said on Saturday.

Russia's defense officials claimed it eliminated 42 drones over the country's airspace.

Cuban Government Refutes Accusations of Sending Soldiers to the War

Havana on Saturday rejected American assertions it has deployed military personnel to participate in the conflict in Ukraine, while declaring the government "are without exact details about Cuban nationals" engaged "independently" or "in the military forces of the conflicting parties".

The ministry in the capital stated 26 nationals had been given prison terms to prison terms varying between five up to fourteen years for mercenary activity since last September when information spread of Cubans being deployed to the front in Ukraine.

Surrender Initiative Project Reveals Details on Cuban Enlistment

I Want to Live, a state project that promotes adversaries to surrender, said in spring: "We have confirmed the names and personal details of over a thousand individuals who signed contracts with the Moscow's troops in recently."

The Cuban foreign ministry commented of Cuban nationals who might be participating: "It is irrefutable that not a single one has the encouragement, commitment, or approval of the Cuban state for their involvement."

Family members of individuals who left for the Russian Federation in 2023 informed Agence France-Presse at the time that their family members had been tricked into joining through promotions on social media.