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Ukraine's drones have hit Russia's Bashneft processing plant in Ufa, located some 1,400 kilometers from Ukraine, resulting in blasts and a blaze, per a insider in the Ukrainian Security Service.

This constitutes the latest SBU long-range attack in the region in the past month. Those operations illustrate that there are no safe places in the distant backlines of the Russia.

Ukrainian President Calls On US President to Broker Truce in Ukraine

Volodymyr Zelenskyy appealed to the US President to broker peace in Ukraine over a telephone conversation on the weekend.

"Provided that a conflict can be ended in a single area, then undoubtedly further hostilities can be halted as well, including the Russian aggression," the President remarked, praising the US President's "outstanding" Gaza truce proposal and requesting the US president to pressure the Kremlin into negotiations.

Russian Attacks Claim Casualties in Ukraine

Moscow's assaults on Ukraine resulted in the deaths of five people on the weekend and caused blackouts to parts of Ukraine's south Odesa area, per authorities in Ukraine.

A pair of individuals lost their lives inside a religious building in the town when it was hit, per municipal sources.

In Russia's adjacent territory of Belgorod, a vehicle operator was killed by a Ukrainian strike, per municipal sources.

Power Recovery Work in the Capital

Operations continued on Saturday to recover electricity in Kyiv, after strikes by Moscow.

Power had been restored to more than 800,000 citizens by Saturday and the biggest power firm announced the key efforts to restore power was concluded though some outages persisted.

Anti-Aircraft Efforts and Drone Jamming

The Ukrainian anti-aircraft systems neutralized 54 out of 78 total UAVs from Russia sent towards Ukraine overnight, the air force reported on Saturday.

Russia's defense officials said it shot down 42 Ukrainian drones over the country's airspace.

Cuba Rejects Allegations of Sending Soldiers to the War

The Cuban government on Saturday rejected US claims it has provided soldiers to participate in the hostilities, while affirming officials in Havana "lack precise details about Cuban nationals" involved "on their own" or "within the troops of both sides".

The ministry in Havana stated twenty-six Cuban citizens had been convicted to incarceration varying between five to 14 years for participating as mercenaries since the autumn of 2023 when information circulated of Cuban nationals being dispatched to the frontlines in the conflict.

I Want to Live Program Reports Information on Cuban Enlistment

I Want to Live, a state project that encourages adversaries to lay down arms, said in spring: "We have confirmed the names and personal details of 1,028 Cuban nationals who enlisted with the Russian military in recently."

The Cuban authorities stated of Cuban nationals who might be engaged: "It is irrefutable that not a single one possesses the support, allegiance, or consent of the government in Havana for their activities."

Kin of Cubans who left for the Russian Federation in 2023 informed news outlets at the time that their loved ones had been tricked into joining through advertisements on online platforms.