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Ukrainian UAVs have hit the Russian oil refinery in Ufa, situated some 1,400 kilometres from Ukraine, triggering detonations and a blaze, per a informed individual in the Ukrainian SBU.

This represents the 3rd SBU long-range attack in Bashkortostan in the past month. These attacks illustrate that there are no secure zones in the deep rear of the Russia.

Ukrainian President Urges US President to Mediate Peace in the Conflict

Volodymyr Zelenskyy called on the US President to facilitate a truce in the Ukrainian conflict in a phone call on Saturday.

"When a war can be stopped in a particular zone, then surely further hostilities can be stopped as well, including the Russian war," the President remarked, commending the US President's "exceptional" Gaza ceasefire plan and requesting the American leader to compel the Moscow into negotiations.

Russian Strikes Claim Victims in the Country

Strikes by Russia on Ukraine killed at least 5 individuals on Saturday and cut power to areas of Ukraine's southern Odesa region, according to local sources.

Two civilians were killed in a place of worship in the town when it was struck, according to local authorities.

In the Russian adjacent territory of Belgorod, a lorry operator was fatally wounded by a drone assault, as stated by regional authorities.

Energy Recovery Efforts in the Capital

Operations proceeded on Saturday to repair energy infrastructure in Kyiv, after strikes by Moscow.

Power had been returned to in excess of 800,000 residents by the weekend and the largest utility provider announced the main efforts to restore power was complete though partial blackouts remained.

Anti-Aircraft Efforts and Drone Jamming

The Ukrainian defense forces neutralized 54 of 78 total enemy drones deployed targeting Ukraine during the night, the aerial defense command reported on Saturday.

The Russian defense officials said it intercepted 42 Ukrainian drones over the country's airspace.

Cuban Government Rejects Allegations of Deploying Troops to the War

The Cuban government on Saturday denied American assertions it has deployed soldiers to engage in the conflict in Ukraine, while declaring the government "lack accurate data about individuals" involved "on their own" or "as part of the armed units of the conflicting parties".

The foreign ministry in the capital announced 26 Cubans had been given prison terms to jail sentences varying between five to 14 years for mercenary activity since last September when news spread of individuals being deployed to the battlefield in Ukraine.

I Want to Live Initiative Reports Data on Cuban Recruitment

The surrender initiative, a Ukrainian government program that promotes enemy combatants to give up, stated in spring: "Our information indicates the identities and information of over a thousand individuals who enlisted with the Russian armed forces in the past two years."

The Cuban authorities said of Cuban nationals who might be involved: "Undeniably that no individual possesses the encouragement, commitment, or consent of the government in Havana for their actions."

Relatives of Cuban nationals who left for Russia in the year told international media at the time that their loved ones had been deceptively recruited through promotions on digital networks.