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Ukraine's UAVs have targeted Russia's oil refinery in Ufa, located around 1,400 kilometres from Ukraine, causing detonations and a inferno, as reported by a informed individual in the Ukrainian Security Service.

This represents the third Ukrainian security service far-reaching assault in Bashkortostan in the recent weeks. These attacks show that there are no secure zones in the far hinterland of the Russia.

Zelenskyy Urges Trump to Mediate Ceasefire in the Conflict

The Ukrainian leader appealed to the US President to broker peace in the Ukrainian conflict over a phone call on the weekend.

"If a hostilities can be halted in a single area, then undoubtedly further hostilities can be stopped as well, covering the conflict with Russia," the President said, hailing the US President's "remarkable" Middle East peace initiative and calling for the American leader to compel the Russian government into talks.

Russian Assaults Take Victims in Ukraine

Russian attacks on Ukraine killed at least five people on the weekend and caused blackouts to parts of Ukraine's south Odesa region, according to authorities in Ukraine.

Two civilians were killed inside a religious building in Kostyantynivka when it was hit, according to municipal sources.

In Russia's border region of the Belgorod region, a vehicle operator was lost his life by a drone assault, per municipal sources.

Power Restoration Work in the Capital

Work continued on Saturday to restore power in Kyiv, after Russian attacks.

Power had been restored to more than 800,000 inhabitants by Saturday and the biggest power firm announced the main operations to restore power was concluded though partial blackouts persisted.

Anti-Aircraft Efforts and UAV Jamming

The Ukrainian anti-aircraft systems downed or disrupted 54 of seventy-eight Russian drones launched against Ukraine during the night, the military announced on the weekend.

Russia's military authorities claimed it intercepted 42 Ukrainian drones over Russian territory.

Cuban Government Refutes Accusations of Deploying Soldiers to Ukraine

The Cuban government on Saturday refuted US claims it has provided military personnel to engage in the Ukraine war, while declaring the government "do not have exact details about citizens of Cuba" involved "independently" or "in the military forces of the conflicting parties".

The ministry in Havana said twenty-six Cubans had been sentenced to incarceration varying between five to 14 years for mercenary activity since September 2023 when information circulated of Cubans being dispatched to the battlefield in Ukraine.

I Want to Live Initiative Reveals Data on Cuban Recruitment

The program, a official Kyiv project that encourages adversaries to lay down arms, reported in May: "We have confirmed the personal data of one thousand and twenty-eight individuals who enlisted with the Russian armed forces in recently."

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

Kin of individuals who traveled to Russia in 2023 informed international media at the time that their relatives had been tricked into joining through ads on digital networks.