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Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles have targeted the Russian oil refinery in the city of Ufa, positioned approximately 1,400 km from the Ukrainian border, causing explosions and a fire, according to a source in the Ukrainian intelligence agency.

This represents the 3rd intelligence far-reaching assault in Bashkortostan in the past month. Such attacks illustrate that there are no safe places in the deep rear of the Russia.

Zelenskyy Urges US President to Broker Truce in Ukraine

Volodymyr Zelenskyy called on the US President to facilitate a truce in the Ukrainian conflict in a telephone conversation on the weekend.

"If a hostilities can be halted in a particular zone, then certainly other wars can be stopped as well, including the Russian aggression," he stated, praising the US President's "remarkable" Gaza ceasefire plan and urging the President to influence the Kremlin into discussions.

Russian Strikes Take Lives in the Country

Moscow's assaults on Ukrainian territory claimed the lives of several civilians on the weekend and caused blackouts to areas of Ukraine's southern Odesa oblast, as stated by Ukrainian officials.

A pair of individuals lost their lives in a religious building in the town when it was targeted, as reported by regional officials.

In the Russian border region of the Belgorod region, a vehicle operator was lost his life by a drone assault, as stated by municipal sources.

Electricity Recovery Operations in the Capital

Operations proceeded on Saturday to repair energy infrastructure in Kyiv, after assaults.

Energy had been restored to in excess of 800,000 residents by the weekend and the largest utility provider said the key efforts to recover electricity was complete though some outages remained.

Anti-Aircraft Operations and Drone Downings

The Ukrainian air defences intercepted or jammed 54 of 78 UAVs from Russia deployed targeting the country in the dark hours, the military said on the weekend.

The Russian defence ministry said it intercepted 42 UAVs from Ukraine over Russian territory.

Cuban Government Rejects Claims of Deploying Forces to the War

The Cuban government on Saturday refuted US assertions it has deployed soldiers to participate in the Ukraine war, while declaring the government "lack accurate details about Cuban nationals" engaged "voluntarily" or "in the military forces of both sides".

The government department in Havana said 26 Cubans had been convicted to incarceration from 5 to 14 years for participating as mercenaries since last September when news emerged of Cuban nationals being dispatched to the frontlines in Ukraine.

Surrender Initiative Initiative Reveals Data on Cuban National Enlistment

The surrender initiative, a state program that urges adversaries to surrender, said in May: "We have confirmed the identities and information of 1,028 Cuban nationals who enlisted with the Moscow's troops in recently."

The government in Havana commented of Cubans who might be involved: "It is irrefutable that none of them has the backing, dedication, or authorization of the Cuban state for their actions."

Kin of individuals who traveled to Russia in 2023 told Agence France-Presse at the time that their family members had been deceptively recruited through ads on online platforms.