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Ukraine's drones have hit Russia's oil facility in the city of Ufa, positioned around 1,400 kilometres from the Ukrainian border, triggering blasts and a blaze, as reported by a source in Ukraine's Security Service.

This marks the 3rd intelligence far-reaching assault in the region in the past month. Such operations illustrate that there are no safe places in the far hinterland of the Russian Federation.

Ukrainian President Appeals to Trump to Facilitate Peace in the Conflict

President Zelenskyy appealed to Donald Trump to broker peace in the Ukrainian conflict in a call on Saturday.

"Provided that a hostilities can be halted in a single area, then certainly other wars can be stopped as well, including the Russian war," he said, commending the US President's "remarkable" Gaza truce proposal and requesting the President to compel the Kremlin into negotiations.

Moscow's Assaults Kill Casualties in Ukraine

Russian attacks on Ukraine resulted in the deaths of 5 individuals on the weekend and disrupted electricity to parts of Ukraine's south Odesa oblast, as stated by Ukrainian officials.

Two people were killed within a church in the town when it was targeted, according to regional officials.

In Russia's border region of the Belgorod region, a truck driver was lost his life by a drone assault, per municipal sources.

Electricity Recovery Operations in the Capital

Work proceeded on Saturday to restore power in Kyiv, after strikes by Moscow.

Power had been restored to more than 800,000 inhabitants by Saturday and the major power firm announced the main efforts to repair the grid was finished though some outages persisted.

Anti-Aircraft Efforts and UAV Downings

The Ukrainian anti-aircraft systems downed or disrupted 54 out of 78 Russian drones launched towards the country in the dark hours, the air force reported on Saturday.

The Russian defence ministry said it eliminated 42 UAVs from Ukraine over the country's airspace.

Cuban Government Rejects Allegations of Sending Forces to Ukraine

The Cuban government on Saturday refuted American allegations it has sent troops to participate in the hostilities, while declaring Cuban authorities "lack accurate details about individuals" participating "voluntarily" or "in the military forces of the conflicting parties".

The foreign ministry in the capital announced 26 Cuban citizens had been given prison terms to jail sentences varying between five up to fourteen years for mercenary involvement since last September when reports spread of individuals being sent to the front in the conflict.

I Want to Live Initiative Discloses Information on Cuban National Recruitment

The surrender initiative, a Ukrainian government project that urges enemy combatants to give up, stated in May: "We reliably know the personal data of one thousand and twenty-eight Cubans who enlisted with the Moscow's troops in recently."

The Cuban authorities stated of Cubans who might be engaged: "There is no doubt that not a single one possesses the backing, allegiance, or approval of the Cuban authorities for their activities."

Relatives of Cuban nationals who departed to Russia in the year informed news outlets at the time that their loved ones had been tricked into joining through advertisements on online platforms.