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Ukrainian UAVs have hit the Russian oil facility in Ufa, situated approximately 1,400 kilometers from the Ukrainian border, resulting in detonations and a blaze, as reported by a insider in Ukraine's intelligence agency.

This marks the 3rd intelligence long-range attack in the region in the last month. Those strikes demonstrate that there are no secure zones in the far hinterland of the Russian Federation.

Ukrainian President Calls On US President to Broker Truce in the Conflict

Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged President Trump to facilitate a truce in Ukraine in a telephone conversation on Saturday.

"Provided that a hostilities can be halted in one region, then certainly other wars can be stopped as well, covering the Russian aggression," Zelenskyy said, commending the US President's "outstanding" Gaza truce proposal and calling for the President to influence the Moscow into discussions.

Moscow's Strikes Claim Victims in the Country

Russian attacks on Ukrainian territory resulted in the deaths of 5 individuals on Saturday and caused blackouts to areas of the southern Odesa region, according to Ukrainian officials.

Two people were killed inside a church in Kostyantynivka when it was hit, per regional officials.

In Russia's border region of Belgorod, a vehicle operator was lost his life by a attack from Ukraine, as stated by regional authorities.

Energy Restoration Operations in Kyiv

Efforts carried on on Saturday to repair energy infrastructure in the Ukrainian capital, after assaults.

Power had been recovered to more than 800,000 inhabitants by Saturday and the major private energy company announced the key work to repair the grid was complete though certain disruptions remained.

Anti-Aircraft Efforts and Drone Downings

The Ukrainian air defences neutralized fifty-four of 78 Russian drones deployed targeting the country overnight, the aerial defense command said on Saturday.

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

Cuban Government Refutes Accusations of Deploying Troops to Ukraine

The Cuban government on Saturday rejected American assertions it has sent soldiers to participate in the conflict in Ukraine, while stating the government "do not have precise details about Cuban nationals" engaged "independently" or "as part of the armed units of the conflicting parties".

The ministry in the capital announced twenty-six nationals had been sentenced to prison terms varying between five up to fourteen years for participating as mercenaries since September 2023 when information emerged of Cubans being deployed to the frontlines in the conflict.

Surrender Initiative Initiative Discloses Information on Cuban Enlistment

I Want to Live, a state program that promotes enemy combatants to lay down arms, stated in spring: "Our information indicates the identities and information of over a thousand Cubans who enlisted with the Moscow's troops in the past two years."

The Cuban foreign ministry stated of Cubans who might be involved: "It is irrefutable that no individual have the backing, allegiance, or consent of the Cuban state for their actions."

Relatives of Cuban nationals who departed to the Russian Federation in 2023 informed news outlets at the time that their relatives had been tricked into joining through advertisements on digital networks.