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Ukraine's unmanned aerial vehicles have targeted Russia's Bashneft refinery in Ufa, positioned around 1,400 km from the Ukrainian border, triggering explosions and a blaze, according to a insider in the Ukrainian Security Service.

This represents the third intelligence deep strike in Bashkortostan in the past month. Such strikes illustrate that there are no safe places in the deep rear of the Russian Federation.

Ukrainian President Appeals to Trump to Facilitate Truce in Ukraine

Volodymyr Zelenskyy appealed to the US President to broker peace in Ukraine in a call on the weekend.

"When a conflict can be stopped in a single area, then undoubtedly additional conflicts can be ended as well, including the Russian aggression," the President remarked, praising the US President's "exceptional" Gaza truce proposal and requesting the US president to pressure the Russian government into talks.

Russian Strikes Take Lives in Ukraine

Moscow's assaults on Ukraine resulted in the deaths of 5 individuals on the weekend and caused blackouts to areas of the southern Odesa oblast, per authorities in Ukraine.

A pair of individuals were killed within a church in Kostyantynivka when it was hit, according to local authorities.

In Russia's frontier area of the Belgorod region, a lorry operator was lost his life by a attack from Ukraine, as stated by municipal sources.

Power Repair Efforts in Kyiv

Operations continued on the weekend to repair energy infrastructure in the Ukrainian capital, after strikes by Moscow.

Energy had been returned to more than 800,000 residents by Saturday and the major power firm stated the key operations to restore power was complete though certain disruptions persisted.

Air Defence Operations and Drone Interceptions

Ukraine's air defences neutralized fifty-four of seventy-eight UAVs from Russia sent against Ukraine in the dark hours, the aerial defense command reported on the weekend.

Russia's defense officials claimed it intercepted forty-two Ukrainian drones over the country's airspace.

Cuba Rejects Accusations of Deploying Soldiers to the War

Havana on Saturday denied US claims it has sent military personnel to participate in the Ukraine war, while affirming officials in Havana "lack accurate details about citizens of Cuba" participating "voluntarily" or "within the troops of either party".

The foreign ministry in Havana said 26 nationals had been convicted to incarceration varying between 5 to 14 years for mercenary activity since the autumn of 2023 when information circulated of Cuban nationals being deployed to the battlefield in the conflict.

I Want to Live Initiative Discloses Details on Cuban Involvement

The program, a Ukrainian government program that urges opposing fighters to lay down arms, said in spring: "We reliably know the identities and information of over a thousand individuals who entered into agreements with the Moscow's troops in 2023-2024."

The Cuban foreign ministry commented of Cubans who might be involved: "There is no doubt that no individual has the support, commitment, or authorization of the government in Havana for their activities."

Relatives of individuals who traveled to Russia in 2023 told news outlets at the time that their family members had been misled into enlisting through advertisements on online platforms.