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Ukraine's UAVs have hit the Russian oil processing plant in Ufa, located around 1,400 kilometers from the Ukrainian border, triggering detonations and a fire, per a source in Ukraine's Security Service.

This constitutes the latest Ukrainian security service deep strike in the region in the past month. These operations show that there are no secure zones in the distant backlines of the Russia.

Ukrainian President Urges US President to Broker Truce in the Conflict

President Zelenskyy called on the US President to broker peace in Ukraine over a call on Saturday.

"If a hostilities can be ended in a single area, then undoubtedly other wars can be stopped as well, covering the conflict with Russia," the President stated, praising the US President's "outstanding" Middle East truce proposal and urging the President to compel the Russian government into talks.

Russian Strikes Take Casualties in Ukraine

Moscow's assaults on Ukrainian territory resulted in the deaths of five people on the weekend and disrupted electricity to parts of the southern Odesa oblast, per local sources.

A pair of individuals lost their lives in a church in the town when it was hit, as reported by municipal sources.

In the Russian adjacent territory of Belgorod, a vehicle operator was lost his life by a attack from Ukraine, according to local officials.

Power Recovery Work in the Capital

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

Energy had been returned to more than 800,000 residents by Saturday and the biggest power firm announced the main operations to recover electricity was complete though some outages continued.

Air Defence Actions and UAV Jamming

Ukraine's defense forces downed or disrupted 54 of 78 UAVs from Russia launched towards the country in the dark hours, the air force announced on Saturday.

Russia's defence ministry said it intercepted 42 drones over Russian territory.

Cuba Refutes Allegations of Deploying Forces to the War

The Cuban government on Saturday refuted American assertions it has deployed military personnel to participate in the Ukraine war, while stating officials in Havana "lack accurate details about citizens of Cuba" involved "independently" or "as part of the armed units of either party".

The government department in the capital stated twenty-six Cubans had been sentenced to incarceration from 5 to 14 years for mercenary activity since September 2023 when news circulated of Cubans being sent to the frontlines in the conflict.

I Want to Live Project Reveals Details on Cuban National Enlistment

The surrender initiative, a state program that urges enemy combatants to give up, stated in spring: "We reliably know the identities and information of one thousand and twenty-eight Cuban nationals who entered into agreements with the Russian armed forces in recently."

The Cuban authorities commented of Cubans who might be participating: "Undeniably that none of them possesses the support, commitment, or approval of the government in Havana for their involvement."

Relatives of individuals who left for the Russian Federation in the year told news outlets at the time that their relatives had been deceptively recruited through advertisements on social media.