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Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles have struck the Russian Bashneft facility in the city of Ufa, positioned around 1,400 km from the Ukrainian border, resulting in explosions and a blaze, according to a source in Ukraine's SBU.

This represents the 3rd Ukrainian security service far-reaching assault in Bashkortostan in the past month. These strikes demonstrate that there are no safe places in the distant backlines of the Russian state.

Zelenskyy Urges US President to Facilitate Peace in Ukraine

The Ukrainian leader called on Donald Trump to facilitate a truce in the Ukrainian conflict in a telephone conversation on Saturday.

"Provided that a war can be stopped in a particular zone, then surely other wars can be stopped as well, encompassing the Russian aggression," Zelenskyy stated, commending the US President's "outstanding" Middle East truce proposal and calling for the American leader to compel the Kremlin into negotiations.

Russian Strikes Kill Victims in Ukraine

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

A pair of individuals lost their lives within a religious building in Kostyantynivka when it was struck, per municipal sources.

In Russia's adjacent territory of the Belgorod region, a truck driver was fatally wounded by a attack from Ukraine, according to municipal sources.

Electricity Recovery Efforts in Kyiv

Work continued on Saturday to recover electricity in the Ukrainian capital, after strikes by Moscow.

Energy had been returned to more than 800,000 citizens by the weekend and the largest private energy company announced the key operations to recover electricity was finished though certain disruptions continued.

Air Defence Operations and Drone Jamming

The Ukrainian air defences downed or disrupted fifty-four of 78 UAVs from Russia launched towards Ukraine during the night, the aerial defense command said on Saturday.

The Russian defense officials claimed it eliminated forty-two UAVs from Ukraine over its own soil.

Cuba Rejects Allegations of Deploying Troops to Ukraine

The Cuban government on the weekend refuted US claims it has provided troops to fight in the Ukraine war, while stating officials in Havana "are without precise information about individuals" involved "independently" or "within the troops of both sides".

The ministry in the capital said 26 nationals had been sentenced to prison terms from five to 14 years for mercenary activity since last September when information spread of individuals being sent to the battlefield in the conflict.

I Want to Live Project Reveals Information on Cuban National Enlistment

The surrender initiative, a official Kyiv program that promotes opposing fighters to lay down arms, reported in May: "We reliably know the personal data of one thousand and twenty-eight Cubans who signed contracts with the Russian armed forces in recently."

The Cuban foreign ministry said of Cubans who might be involved: "Undeniably that none of them has the support, dedication, or approval of the Cuban state for their activities."

Family members of Cubans who traveled to Russia in 2023 reported to Agence France-Presse at the time that their loved ones had been deceptively recruited through promotions on social media.