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Ukraine's UAVs have targeted the Russian Bashneft facility in Ufa, positioned some 1,400 kilometers from the Ukrainian border, causing blasts and a blaze, per a insider in the Ukrainian intelligence agency.

This constitutes the 3rd Ukrainian security service far-reaching assault in Bashkortostan in the last month. Those operations demonstrate that there are no safe places in the far hinterland of the Russia.

Ukrainian President Appeals to US President to Mediate Truce in Ukraine

The Ukrainian leader called on Donald Trump to broker peace in the Ukrainian conflict over a telephone conversation on Saturday.

"When a hostilities can be ended in a particular zone, then surely additional conflicts can be stopped as well, including the conflict with Russia," Zelenskyy stated, praising Trump's "exceptional" Middle East truce proposal and calling for the President to compel the Moscow into negotiations.

Moscow's Attacks Kill Casualties in the Country

Strikes by Russia on Ukraine claimed the lives of 5 individuals on Saturday and cut power to areas of Ukraine's south Odesa area, as stated by local sources.

Two people were killed within a church in Kostyantynivka when it was targeted, as reported by local authorities.

In Russia's frontier area of Belgorod, a truck driver was killed by a Ukrainian strike, according to local officials.

Energy Repair Work in the Capital

Work carried on on Saturday to recover electricity in the Ukrainian capital, after strikes by Moscow.

Electricity had been restored to over 800,000 residents by Saturday and the major private energy company stated the key work to repair the grid was concluded though partial blackouts persisted.

Anti-Aircraft Operations and Drone Jamming

Ukraine's anti-aircraft systems neutralized 54 out of 78 Russian drones launched towards Ukraine in the dark hours, the air force announced on the weekend.

The Russian defense officials stated it intercepted 42 UAVs from Ukraine over its own soil.

Cuban Government Rejects Claims of Sending Troops to the War

The Cuban government on Saturday denied US claims it has sent troops to participate in the Ukraine war, while declaring officials in Havana "are without accurate details about citizens of Cuba" engaged "independently" or "in the military forces of either party".

The government department in the capital stated 26 Cubans had been given prison terms to jail sentences varying between 5 to 14 years for participating as mercenaries since the autumn of 2023 when news circulated of individuals being sent to the frontlines in the conflict.

I Want to Live Initiative Reports Information on Cuban National Recruitment

I Want to Live, a official Kyiv initiative that promotes adversaries to surrender, said in May: "Our information indicates the personal data of 1,028 Cuban nationals who signed contracts with the Moscow's troops in recently."

The government in Havana stated of Cubans who might be involved: "It is irrefutable that no individual has the backing, commitment, or approval of the Cuban state for their activities."

Family members of individuals who traveled to the Russian Federation in 2023 informed Agence France-Presse at the time that their relatives had been deceptively recruited through promotions on digital networks.