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Ukraine's drones have hit the Russian Bashneft refinery in the city of Ufa, positioned some 1,400 kilometres from Ukraine, resulting in detonations and a inferno, according to a insider in Ukraine's intelligence agency.

This constitutes the latest intelligence far-reaching assault in Bashkortostan in the last month. Those strikes illustrate that there are no protected areas in the deep rear of the Russian Federation.

Zelenskyy Appeals to Trump to Broker Peace in Ukraine

The Ukrainian leader appealed to President Trump to broker peace in the Ukrainian conflict during a telephone conversation on the weekend.

"When a war can be halted in a single area, then surely other wars can be ended as well, including the Russian aggression," Zelenskyy remarked, commending Trump's "exceptional" Gaza peace initiative and calling for the President to pressure the Kremlin into talks.

Russian Strikes Take Victims in Ukraine

Moscow's assaults on Ukrainian territory claimed the lives of several civilians on the weekend and caused blackouts to parts of the southern Odesa area, per local sources.

A pair of individuals were killed inside a place of worship in Kostyantynivka when it was struck, according to local authorities.

In Russia's border region of the Belgorod region, a vehicle operator was killed by a drone assault, according to municipal sources.

Electricity Repair Work in Kyiv

Operations continued on Saturday to recover electricity in the Ukrainian capital, after assaults.

Energy had been recovered to in excess of 800,000 residents by Saturday and the biggest power firm announced the main work to restore power was concluded though some outages persisted.

Air Defence Operations and Drone Jamming

The Ukrainian air defences neutralized 54 of seventy-eight UAVs from Russia deployed targeting Ukraine during the night, the aerial defense command reported on the weekend.

Russia's defence ministry said it eliminated forty-two UAVs from Ukraine over the country's airspace.

Cuba Rejects Allegations of Providing Soldiers to the War

The Cuban government on the weekend refuted American allegations it has provided troops to participate in the hostilities, while affirming the government "are without exact information about Cuban nationals" participating "independently" or "in the military forces of both sides".

The foreign ministry in Havana stated twenty-six Cubans had been given prison terms to jail sentences from five to 14 years for mercenary involvement since last September when information spread of Cubans being dispatched to the front in the conflict.

I Want to Live Project Reveals Data on Cuban Recruitment

The program, a state initiative that encourages opposing fighters to surrender, reported in spring: "Our information indicates the personal data of 1,028 individuals who signed contracts with the Russian military in recently."

The government in Havana commented of Cuban nationals who might be participating: "It is irrefutable that no individual possesses the support, dedication, or authorization of the government in Havana for their activities."

Kin of individuals who departed to Russia in the year informed news outlets at the time that their loved ones had been deceptively recruited through ads on social media.