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Ukrainian drones have hit Russia's oil refinery in the city of Ufa, situated some 1,400 km from Ukraine, causing explosions and a fire, per a insider in Ukraine's intelligence agency.

This represents the latest intelligence long-range attack in Bashkortostan in the last month. These strikes show that there are no safe places in the far hinterland of the Russia.

Ukrainian President Calls On US President to Facilitate Peace in Ukraine

Volodymyr Zelenskyy appealed to the US President to facilitate a truce in Ukraine during a telephone conversation on Saturday.

"If a hostilities can be ended in a particular zone, then certainly other wars can be halted as well, encompassing the conflict with Russia," the President remarked, hailing Trump's "exceptional" Middle East truce proposal and requesting the US president to compel the Moscow into negotiations.

Russian Attacks Kill Lives in Ukraine

Russian attacks on Ukrainian territory killed at least five people on Saturday and cut power to parts of the southern Odesa oblast, according to authorities in Ukraine.

A pair of individuals died in a religious building in the town when it was hit, as reported by municipal sources.

In Russia's adjacent territory of Belgorod, a lorry operator was lost his life by a attack from Ukraine, according to regional authorities.

Energy Restoration Efforts in Kyiv

Work carried on on the weekend to recover electricity in the Ukrainian capital, after assaults.

Power had been recovered to more than 800,000 inhabitants by the weekend and the major power firm said the main efforts to restore power was concluded though partial blackouts remained.

Air Defence Operations and UAV Jamming

The Ukrainian defense forces downed or disrupted 54 out of seventy-eight Russian drones deployed towards the country in the dark hours, the aerial defense command reported on Saturday.

The Russian defense officials stated it intercepted 42 enemy drones over Russian territory.

Cuba Denies Allegations of Deploying Forces to Ukraine

Cuba on the weekend denied American assertions it has sent military personnel to fight in the conflict in Ukraine, while affirming officials in Havana "are without accurate information about Cuban nationals" engaged "voluntarily" or "within the troops of either party".

The foreign ministry in Havana said 26 Cubans had been given prison terms to prison terms varying between 5 to 14 years for mercenary activity since last September when information circulated of Cuban nationals being sent to the front in Ukraine.

I Want to Live Project Reveals Information on Cuban Enlistment

I Want to Live, a state program that urges adversaries to give up, said in spring: "We have confirmed the identities and information of one thousand and twenty-eight individuals who enlisted with the Russian military in the past two years."

The Cuban foreign ministry commented of those who might be involved: "It is irrefutable that not a single one possesses the support, commitment, or approval of the government in Havana for their activities."

Kin 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 promotions on social media.