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Ukrainian UAVs have targeted Russia's Bashneft refinery in the city of Ufa, situated approximately 1,400 kilometers from the Ukrainian border, causing explosions and a blaze, as reported by a source in Ukraine's Security Service.

This marks the latest Ukrainian security service far-reaching assault in the region in the last month. Those operations show that there are no safe places in the far hinterland of the Russia.

Zelenskyy Appeals to Trump to Mediate Peace in Ukraine

Volodymyr Zelenskyy appealed to President Trump to broker peace in the Ukrainian conflict during a call on Saturday.

"Provided that a conflict can be halted in one region, then undoubtedly other wars can be ended as well, covering the Russian war," Zelenskyy remarked, praising the US President's "exceptional" Gaza peace initiative and urging the US president to influence the Kremlin into discussions.

Russian Assaults Take Victims in Ukraine

Moscow's assaults on Ukraine claimed the lives of several civilians on Saturday and disrupted electricity to areas of the south Odesa oblast, as stated by Ukrainian officials.

Two people were killed inside a place of worship in Kostyantynivka when it was struck, according to municipal sources.

In the Russian border region of Belgorod, a vehicle operator was lost his life by a attack from Ukraine, per municipal sources.

Electricity Repair Operations in the Capital

Work proceeded on the weekend to recover electricity in Kyiv, after assaults.

Power had been recovered to over 800,000 residents by Saturday and the largest private energy company said the main work to recover electricity was finished though partial blackouts continued.

Anti-Aircraft Efforts and Drone Interceptions

Ukraine's air defences intercepted or jammed fifty-four of 78 total enemy drones launched towards Ukraine during the night, the aerial defense command said on Saturday.

Russia's military authorities claimed it eliminated 42 UAVs from Ukraine over its own soil.

Cuban Government Denies Allegations of Providing Soldiers to Ukraine

Havana on Saturday rejected American assertions it has provided military personnel to engage in the Ukraine war, while declaring officials in Havana "are without exact information about individuals" involved "voluntarily" or "in the military forces of both sides".

The ministry in Havana announced 26 nationals had been given prison terms to jail sentences ranging from 5 to 14 years for mercenary activity since last September when news spread of individuals being sent to the frontlines in the conflict.

I Want to Live Initiative Reveals Information on Cuban National Recruitment

The program, a state project that urges enemy combatants to lay down arms, reported in May: "We reliably know the personal data of 1,028 Cuban nationals who signed contracts with the Moscow's troops in recently."

The government in Havana said of Cubans who might be involved: "Undeniably that not a single one possesses the support, allegiance, or consent of the government in Havana for their activities."

Relatives of individuals who left for the Russian Federation in the year reported to international media at the time that their loved ones had been deceptively recruited through advertisements on digital networks.