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Ukraine's drones have targeted the Russian Bashneft processing plant in Ufa, located approximately 1,400 kilometres from the Ukrainian border, causing detonations and a inferno, as reported by a informed individual in the Ukrainian intelligence agency.

This marks the latest SBU far-reaching assault in Bashkortostan in the recent weeks. Such strikes show that there are no safe places in the far hinterland of the Russian state.

Ukrainian President Calls On Trump to Mediate Truce in Ukraine

The Ukrainian leader urged the US President to broker peace in Ukraine over a call on Saturday.

"If a war can be stopped in one region, then surely further hostilities can be halted as well, encompassing the Russian war," the President stated, commending the US President's "exceptional" Middle East ceasefire plan and requesting the US president to pressure the Russian government into negotiations.

Russian Strikes Claim Lives in Ukraine

Russian attacks on Ukrainian territory claimed the lives of several civilians on Saturday and disrupted electricity to areas of the south Odesa oblast, according to Ukrainian officials.

Two civilians lost their lives in a place of worship in the town when it was hit, per municipal sources.

In Russia's adjacent territory of the Belgorod region, a vehicle operator was lost his life by a attack from Ukraine, according to local officials.

Electricity Repair Operations in the Capital

Operations continued on the weekend to repair energy infrastructure in Kyiv, after Russian attacks.

Energy had been restored to over 800,000 residents by Saturday and the biggest power firm stated the main work to repair the grid was concluded though partial blackouts persisted.

Air Defence Actions and UAV Jamming

Ukraine's defense forces downed or disrupted 54 out of 78 Russian drones sent towards the country overnight, the aerial defense command reported on the weekend.

The Russian defence ministry stated it eliminated 42 enemy Ukrainian drones over its own soil.

Cuban Government Refutes Allegations of Providing Forces to Ukraine

Havana on the weekend denied US allegations it has provided soldiers to participate in the conflict in Ukraine, while declaring Cuban authorities "lack precise details about Cuban nationals" participating "on their own" or "within the troops of either party".

The government department in the capital announced twenty-six Cuban citizens had been given prison terms to jail sentences ranging from five up to fourteen years for mercenary involvement since September 2023 when reports circulated of Cubans being sent to the frontlines in Ukraine.

I Want to Live Project Reports Details on Cuban National Enlistment

The program, a official Kyiv program that promotes enemy combatants to give up, stated in May: "We reliably know the names and personal details of over a thousand individuals who enlisted with the Moscow's troops in 2023-2024."

The Cuban foreign ministry commented of Cubans who might be engaged: "There is no doubt that none of them has the support, commitment, or consent of the government in Havana for their actions."

Family members of Cuban nationals who departed to Russia in 2023 told international media at the time that their loved ones had been misled into enlisting through promotions on social media.