Latest Refinery Assault Demonstrates 'Absolutely No Protected Areas in the Russian Distant Backlines'

Ukraine's drones have hit Russia's Bashneft refinery in Ufa, located some 1,400 kilometres from the Ukrainian border, resulting in blasts and a blaze, as reported by a informed individual in the Ukrainian intelligence agency.

This marks the latest SBU long-range attack in Bashkortostan in the last month. Those operations show that there are no protected areas in the deep rear of the Russia.

Zelenskyy Calls On Trump to Mediate Peace in Ukraine

President Zelenskyy urged the US President to facilitate a truce in Ukraine in a call on Saturday.

"When a war can be halted in a single area, then certainly additional conflicts can be ended as well, encompassing the Russian aggression," he said, commending Trump's "outstanding" Gaza peace initiative and calling for the President to influence the Kremlin into talks.

Moscow's Strikes Kill Victims in Ukraine

Russian attacks on Ukraine killed at least 5 individuals on the weekend and disrupted electricity to sections of the south Odesa oblast, per local sources.

Two civilians were killed inside a church in Kostyantynivka when it was targeted, according to regional officials.

In Russia's adjacent territory of Belgorod, a vehicle operator was fatally wounded by a drone assault, per local officials.

Electricity Repair Efforts in Kyiv

Work carried on on Saturday to recover electricity in Kyiv, after Russian attacks.

Electricity had been restored to over 800,000 residents by Saturday and the biggest power firm said the primary efforts to restore power was concluded though some outages persisted.

Air Defence Efforts and UAV Downings

Ukraine's air defences neutralized 54 out of 78 total UAVs from Russia launched targeting Ukraine overnight, the air force said on the weekend.

Russia's defense officials claimed it intercepted 42 Ukrainian drones over its own soil.

Cuba Denies Claims of Sending Forces to Ukraine

Cuba on Saturday denied American assertions it has sent troops to engage in the Ukraine war, while declaring Cuban authorities "lack exact data about individuals" engaged "on their own" or "within the troops of the conflicting parties".

The ministry in the capital said 26 Cubans had been convicted to incarceration from five up to fourteen years for mercenary activity since last September when news spread of Cuban nationals being deployed to the front in Ukraine.

I Want to Live Initiative Reveals Information on Cuban National Involvement

The surrender initiative, a state initiative that promotes enemy combatants to give up, said in spring: "We reliably know the identities and information of 1,028 Cuban nationals who entered into agreements with the Russian military in 2023-2024."

The Cuban foreign ministry said of Cubans who might be engaged: "Undeniably that not a single one possesses the backing, commitment, or consent of the Cuban state for their activities."

Relatives of individuals who departed to the Russian Federation in the year reported to international media at the time that their family members had been misled into enlisting through ads on social media.