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Ukrainian UAVs have targeted Russia's oil facility in the city of Ufa, situated around 1,400 km from the Ukrainian border, triggering explosions and a inferno, according to a informed individual in Ukraine's Security Service.

This constitutes the latest SBU deep strike in Bashkortostan in the last month. Such strikes show that there are no safe places in the far hinterland of the Russian state.

Zelenskyy Urges US President to Broker Peace in the Conflict

The Ukrainian leader appealed to Donald Trump to mediate a ceasefire in Ukraine over a phone call on Saturday.

"When a war can be halted in a particular zone, then certainly other wars can be stopped as well, covering the Russian aggression," Zelenskyy said, commending the US President's "remarkable" Middle East truce proposal and calling for the American leader to pressure the Moscow into talks.

Moscow's Assaults Take Victims in the Country

Moscow's assaults on Ukrainian territory claimed the lives of 5 individuals on Saturday and caused blackouts to sections of Ukraine's southern Odesa oblast, per authorities in Ukraine.

Two people were killed in a church in the town when it was targeted, according to local authorities.

In the Russian frontier area of Belgorod, a truck driver was fatally wounded by a Ukrainian strike, according to regional authorities.

Energy Restoration Efforts in the Capital

Operations proceeded on Saturday to restore power in the Ukrainian capital, after strikes by Moscow.

Energy had been restored to over 800,000 inhabitants by Saturday and the largest power firm announced the key work to restore power was complete though certain disruptions persisted.

Air Defence Efforts and Drone Interceptions

Ukraine's air defences downed or disrupted fifty-four of seventy-eight enemy drones launched towards Ukraine during the night, the aerial defense command said on the weekend.

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

Cuban Government Denies Claims of Sending Forces to Ukraine

Havana on Saturday rejected American assertions it has sent troops to participate in the hostilities, while stating the government "are without exact information about Cuban nationals" involved "independently" or "within the troops of both sides".

The ministry in the capital said 26 nationals had been convicted to jail sentences varying between five up to fourteen years for participating as mercenaries since the autumn of 2023 when information spread of individuals being sent to the battlefield in the conflict.

Surrender Initiative Initiative Discloses Data on Cuban Enlistment

I Want to Live, a state initiative that urges enemy combatants to give up, reported in May: "We have confirmed the identities and information of over a thousand individuals who signed contracts with the Russian military in recently."

The Cuban authorities said of Cuban nationals who might be participating: "Undeniably that not a single one possesses the backing, commitment, or approval of the government in Havana for their activities."

Kin of individuals who departed to Russia in 2023 reported to Agence France-Presse at the time that their family members had been misled into enlisting through ads on social media.