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Ukrainian drones have hit the Russian Bashneft refinery in Ufa, located some 1,400 kilometers from the Ukrainian border, triggering blasts and a inferno, per a informed individual in the Ukrainian intelligence agency.

This represents the latest Ukrainian security service far-reaching assault in Bashkortostan in the last month. Those operations illustrate that there are no safe places in the far hinterland of the Russia.

Ukrainian President Urges Trump to Broker Ceasefire in Ukraine

The Ukrainian leader urged the US President to facilitate a truce in the Ukrainian conflict during a call on the weekend.

"If a hostilities can be ended in a single area, then certainly additional conflicts can be ended as well, covering the Russian aggression," he remarked, praising the US President's "exceptional" Gaza truce proposal and requesting the American leader to influence the Kremlin into discussions.

Moscow's Strikes Take Victims in the Country

Russian attacks on Ukraine claimed the lives of 5 individuals on Saturday and caused blackouts to sections of Ukraine's southern Odesa region, according to authorities in Ukraine.

A pair of individuals died inside a church in the town when it was struck, as reported by municipal sources.

In Russia's border region of Belgorod, a lorry operator was lost his life by a drone assault, as stated by local officials.

Electricity Recovery Operations in the Capital

Work carried on on the weekend to repair energy infrastructure in the Ukrainian capital, after Russian attacks.

Energy had been recovered to over 800,000 inhabitants by the weekend and the largest utility provider stated the main operations to recover electricity was concluded though some outages continued.

Air Defence Efforts and UAV Downings

Ukraine's anti-aircraft systems intercepted or jammed fifty-four of 78 enemy drones deployed targeting Ukraine in the dark hours, the military reported on the weekend.

Russia's defense officials stated it eliminated 42 enemy UAVs from Ukraine over the country's airspace.

Cuba Rejects Allegations of Providing Troops to Ukraine

Cuba on the weekend refuted US assertions it has sent troops to engage in the conflict in Ukraine, while declaring officials in Havana "are without exact data about individuals" participating "independently" or "within the troops of either party".

The foreign ministry in the capital announced twenty-six nationals had been sentenced to incarceration from 5 to 14 years for mercenary activity since September 2023 when news emerged of Cubans being deployed to the frontlines in Ukraine.

Surrender Initiative Initiative Reveals Details on Cuban Recruitment

The surrender initiative, a Ukrainian government initiative that promotes enemy combatants to surrender, said in spring: "Our information indicates the identities and information of 1,028 Cuban nationals who signed contracts with the Moscow's troops in recently."

The Cuban authorities stated of Cuban nationals who might be participating: "It is irrefutable that no individual have the encouragement, commitment, or approval of the Cuban state for their involvement."

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