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Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles have struck the Russian Bashneft refinery in the city of Ufa, located approximately 1,400 kilometres from the Ukrainian border, causing detonations and a inferno, as reported by a insider in Ukraine's SBU.

This constitutes the 3rd intelligence deep strike in the region in the past month. Such operations illustrate that there are no safe places in the distant backlines of the Russia.

Zelenskyy Appeals to US President to Mediate Peace in the Conflict

Volodymyr Zelenskyy appealed to President Trump to facilitate a truce in Ukraine in a call on Saturday.

"If a hostilities can be ended in a single area, then certainly additional conflicts can be ended as well, including the conflict with Russia," the President stated, hailing Trump's "exceptional" Gaza truce proposal and calling for the President to influence the Moscow into talks.

Russian Strikes Claim Casualties in the Country

Moscow's assaults on Ukraine resulted in the deaths of five people on Saturday and cut power to sections of Ukraine's southern Odesa region, as stated by local sources.

Two people died in a religious building in the town when it was targeted, according to local authorities.

In Russia's border region of Belgorod, a lorry operator was killed by a Ukrainian strike, according to regional authorities.

Power Restoration Work in the Capital

Operations carried on on the weekend to restore power in the Ukrainian capital, after assaults.

Electricity had been restored to in excess of 800,000 citizens by Saturday and the largest private energy company stated the key work to recover electricity was concluded though some outages remained.

Air Defence Actions and UAV Downings

The Ukrainian air defences intercepted or jammed 54 of 78 enemy drones launched targeting the country during the night, the military reported on the weekend.

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

Cuban Government Denies Accusations of Sending Soldiers to Ukraine

The Cuban government on the weekend denied US assertions it has deployed military personnel to participate in the hostilities, while declaring officials in Havana "do not have precise details about individuals" engaged "voluntarily" or "within the troops of either party".

The ministry in Havana announced 26 nationals had been convicted to jail sentences from 5 to 14 years for mercenary involvement since last September when reports spread of individuals being dispatched to the battlefield in the conflict.

Surrender Initiative Program Reveals Data on Cuban Recruitment

The surrender initiative, a Ukrainian government project that encourages adversaries to surrender, stated in May: "We reliably know the identities and information of one thousand and twenty-eight Cubans who entered into agreements with the Russian military in the past two years."

The Cuban authorities stated of Cuban nationals who might be engaged: "Undeniably that not a single one have the backing, allegiance, or approval of the Cuban authorities for their actions."

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