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Ukraine's UAVs have hit Russia's oil processing plant in the city of Ufa, situated around 1,400 km from the Ukrainian border, triggering blasts and a inferno, as reported by a insider in Ukraine's Security Service.

This marks the third intelligence far-reaching assault in the region in the last month. Those attacks show that there are no safe places in the deep rear of the Russian Federation.

Ukrainian President Urges US President to Mediate Peace in Ukraine

Volodymyr Zelenskyy appealed to the US President to facilitate a truce in Ukraine in a telephone conversation on Saturday.

"Provided that a hostilities can be halted in one region, then certainly additional conflicts can be halted as well, including the conflict with Russia," the President remarked, hailing the US President's "outstanding" Gaza truce proposal and calling for the US president to influence the Kremlin into negotiations.

Russian Attacks Kill Lives in Ukraine

Strikes by Russia on Ukraine killed at least five people on the weekend and disrupted electricity to sections of the south Odesa region, per authorities in Ukraine.

A pair of individuals died inside a place of worship in the town when it was struck, as reported by regional officials.

In Russia's frontier area of Belgorod, a lorry operator was killed by a drone assault, according to municipal sources.

Power Restoration Efforts in the Capital

Efforts proceeded on Saturday to recover electricity in the Ukrainian capital, after strikes by Moscow.

Energy had been recovered to over 800,000 citizens by Saturday and the major power firm announced the key efforts to repair the grid was concluded though partial blackouts persisted.

Anti-Aircraft Efforts and Drone Interceptions

The Ukrainian defense forces neutralized 54 of 78 total enemy drones sent towards the country in the dark hours, the air force said on Saturday.

Russia's military authorities claimed it eliminated 42 enemy UAVs from Ukraine over the country's airspace.

Cuba Rejects Claims of Providing Forces to the War

The Cuban government on the weekend refuted US assertions it has sent military personnel to fight in the hostilities, while declaring the government "are without precise information about Cuban nationals" participating "independently" or "as part of the armed units of the conflicting parties".

The ministry in the capital stated twenty-six Cubans had been given prison terms to prison terms ranging from five up to fourteen years for mercenary activity since September 2023 when news spread of Cubans being sent to the battlefield in Ukraine.

I Want to Live Initiative Discloses Information on Cuban Enlistment

I Want to Live, a Ukrainian government project that promotes opposing fighters to surrender, stated in spring: "Our information indicates the identities and information of 1,028 individuals who entered into agreements with the Russian armed forces in recently."

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

Kin of individuals who left for Russia in 2023 reported to Agence France-Presse at the time that their loved ones had been tricked into joining through promotions on social media.