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Ukraine's UAVs have struck Russia's Bashneft facility in the city of Ufa, situated around 1,400 km from the Ukrainian border, resulting in explosions and a fire, as reported by a informed individual in the Ukrainian Security Service.

This constitutes the latest SBU deep strike in the region in the recent weeks. Such attacks show that there are no safe places in the deep rear of the Russia.

Ukrainian President Urges Trump to Broker Truce in Ukraine

The Ukrainian leader called on President Trump to broker peace in Ukraine over a phone call on the weekend.

"Provided that a conflict can be ended in one region, then surely further hostilities can be ended as well, including the Russian war," he stated, praising Trump's "exceptional" Gaza truce proposal and urging the American leader to compel the Kremlin into negotiations.

Moscow's Attacks Take Lives in Ukraine

Russian attacks on Ukraine claimed the lives of several civilians on Saturday and cut power to parts of the southern Odesa area, per local sources.

A pair of individuals lost their lives in a religious building in Kostyantynivka when it was targeted, as reported by regional officials.

In the Russian adjacent territory of the Belgorod region, a vehicle operator was killed by a drone assault, as stated by local officials.

Electricity Recovery Work in Kyiv

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

Energy had been recovered to over 800,000 residents by the weekend and the largest private energy company stated the main operations to recover electricity was concluded though partial blackouts continued.

Anti-Aircraft Operations and UAV Interceptions

Ukraine's defense forces downed or disrupted fifty-four of 78 UAVs from Russia launched targeting the country in the dark hours, the air force reported on the weekend.

Russia's military authorities stated it shot down forty-two UAVs from Ukraine over Russian territory.

Cuba Refutes Allegations of Sending Forces to Ukraine

Cuba on the weekend rejected American claims it has deployed troops to fight in the conflict in Ukraine, while stating the government "do not have accurate data about individuals" participating "voluntarily" or "in the military forces of both sides".

The government department in Havana said 26 Cubans had been sentenced to prison terms from five to 14 years for participating as mercenaries since last September when reports spread of Cuban nationals being dispatched to the frontlines in the conflict.

Surrender Initiative Initiative Discloses Details on Cuban Enlistment

The surrender initiative, a state initiative that promotes adversaries to give up, stated in May: "Our information indicates the identities and information of 1,028 Cuban nationals who entered into agreements with the Russian military in the past two years."

The government in Havana commented of Cubans who might be involved: "Undeniably that none of them possesses the support, commitment, or approval of the Cuban state for their involvement."

Kin of Cuban nationals who left for Russia in the year informed Agence France-Presse at the time that their relatives had been deceptively recruited through promotions on online platforms.