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Ukrainian UAVs have targeted Russia's Bashneft refinery in Ufa, situated around 1,400 kilometers from Ukraine, triggering blasts and a inferno, as reported by a source in the Ukrainian Security Service.

This constitutes the third intelligence long-range attack in the region in the past month. Such attacks show that there are no safe places in the deep rear of the Russia.

Zelenskyy Calls On Trump to Facilitate Truce in Ukraine

The Ukrainian leader appealed to President Trump to broker peace in the Ukrainian conflict over a telephone conversation on Saturday.

"If a war can be ended in a particular zone, then undoubtedly further hostilities can be ended as well, covering the Russian war," Zelenskyy stated, hailing the US President's "remarkable" Middle East peace initiative and urging the US president to compel the Kremlin into talks.

Moscow's Attacks Take Victims in the Country

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

Two people were killed in a church in Kostyantynivka when it was hit, as reported by regional officials.

In the Russian frontier area of the Belgorod region, a lorry operator was killed by a attack from Ukraine, as stated by local officials.

Energy Recovery Work in the Capital

Work continued on the weekend to restore power in the Ukrainian capital, after Russian attacks.

Energy had been restored to in excess of 800,000 residents by Saturday and the major private energy company said the main efforts to restore power was complete though some outages continued.

Anti-Aircraft Operations and UAV Interceptions

Ukraine's anti-aircraft systems intercepted or jammed 54 of seventy-eight Russian drones sent targeting the country in the dark hours, the aerial defense command said on the weekend.

The Russian military authorities stated it shot down forty-two Ukrainian drones over the country's airspace.

Cuba Rejects Accusations of Providing Soldiers to the War

Havana on the weekend rejected American assertions it has sent troops to participate in the hostilities, while affirming the government "lack accurate information about citizens of Cuba" involved "independently" or "as part of the armed units of both sides".

The government department in the capital stated twenty-six Cubans had been convicted to jail sentences from five up to fourteen years for mercenary involvement since September 2023 when reports circulated of Cubans being deployed to the frontlines in Ukraine.

I Want to Live Program Reveals Data on Cuban National Recruitment

The program, a Ukrainian government project that promotes opposing fighters to give up, stated in spring: "We reliably know the personal data of 1,028 Cuban nationals who signed contracts with the Moscow's troops in the past two years."

The Cuban authorities stated of those who might be involved: "There is no doubt that none of them possesses the backing, dedication, or approval of the Cuban state for their actions."

Kin of Cubans who left for the Russian Federation in 2023 informed Agence France-Presse at the time that their relatives had been misled into enlisting through advertisements on digital networks.