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Ukrainian drones have hit the Russian oil refinery in the city of Ufa, positioned around 1,400 kilometers from the Ukrainian border, resulting in detonations and a blaze, per a informed individual in the Ukrainian Security Service.

This constitutes the third Ukrainian security service far-reaching assault in Bashkortostan in the past month. These operations demonstrate that there are no secure zones in the far hinterland of the Russia.

Zelenskyy Calls On Trump to Mediate Ceasefire in the Conflict

Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged Donald Trump to broker peace in Ukraine in a call on Saturday.

"If a conflict can be stopped in one region, then surely further hostilities can be stopped as well, encompassing the Russian war," he stated, hailing Trump's "remarkable" Middle East truce proposal and urging the President to influence the Kremlin into negotiations.

Moscow's Attacks Take Victims in the Country

Russian attacks on Ukraine resulted in the deaths of several civilians on Saturday and caused blackouts to areas of the south Odesa region, per local sources.

A pair of individuals died in a church in the town when it was targeted, as reported by regional officials.

In the Russian border region of the Belgorod region, a truck driver was fatally wounded by a Ukrainian strike, per regional authorities.

Energy Recovery Work in the Capital

Efforts carried on on the weekend to repair energy infrastructure in the Ukrainian capital, after assaults.

Power had been returned to more than 800,000 inhabitants by Saturday and the biggest private energy company stated the main operations to restore power was finished though certain disruptions continued.

Air Defence Efforts and Drone Downings

Ukraine's defense forces downed or disrupted fifty-four of 78 total Russian drones deployed against the country during the night, the aerial defense command reported on Saturday.

Russia's defense officials claimed it intercepted 42 enemy drones over Russian territory.

Cuba Rejects Accusations of Sending Soldiers to Ukraine

Cuba on Saturday rejected US assertions it has deployed military personnel to participate in the hostilities, while stating Cuban authorities "are without precise details about Cuban nationals" participating "independently" or "within the troops of both sides".

The foreign ministry in the capital stated 26 nationals had been given prison terms to prison terms from 5 to 14 years for mercenary involvement since last September when information circulated of Cuban nationals being dispatched to the battlefield in Ukraine.

Surrender Initiative Project Discloses Data on Cuban National Enlistment

The program, a Ukrainian government project that encourages opposing fighters to lay down arms, reported in May: "We reliably know the names and personal details of one thousand and twenty-eight Cuban nationals who entered into agreements with the Russian armed forces in recently."

The Cuban authorities commented of Cubans who might be engaged: "It is irrefutable that no individual has the support, commitment, or consent of the Cuban state for their activities."

Family members of Cubans who left for Russia in 2023 reported to Agence France-Presse at the time that their loved ones had been deceptively recruited through promotions on social media.