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Ukraine's drones have hit Russia's Bashneft processing plant in the city of Ufa, situated around 1,400 kilometres from Ukraine, causing blasts and a fire, per a insider in Ukraine's Security Service.

This represents the third SBU deep strike in the region in the past month. Such attacks illustrate that there are no protected areas in the far hinterland of the Russian state.

Ukrainian President Calls On Trump to Broker Ceasefire in the Conflict

The Ukrainian leader called on the US President to facilitate a truce in the Ukrainian conflict in a telephone conversation on the weekend.

"Provided that a conflict can be ended in one region, then surely other wars can be ended as well, including the Russian aggression," he stated, praising the US President's "exceptional" Middle East ceasefire plan and requesting the President to influence the Kremlin into negotiations.

Russian Assaults Kill Lives in the Country

Moscow's assaults on Ukraine resulted in the deaths of five people on Saturday and caused blackouts to areas of the southern Odesa region, according to authorities in Ukraine.

A pair of individuals lost their lives within a church in the town when it was targeted, per local authorities.

In Russia's border region of Belgorod, a lorry operator was lost his life by a attack from Ukraine, as stated by local officials.

Power Restoration Operations in the Capital

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

Electricity had been recovered to more than 800,000 citizens by Saturday and the largest private energy company said the main operations to restore power was finished though partial blackouts continued.

Anti-Aircraft Efforts and UAV Interceptions

Ukraine's defense forces intercepted or jammed fifty-four of seventy-eight UAVs from Russia deployed targeting Ukraine in the dark hours, the aerial defense command announced on the weekend.

Russia's defence ministry claimed it eliminated 42 drones over its own soil.

Cuba Refutes Accusations of Providing Soldiers to Ukraine

Havana on the weekend refuted US claims it has deployed soldiers to participate in the hostilities, while declaring the government "lack accurate data about citizens of Cuba" engaged "voluntarily" or "in the military forces of either party".

The government department in Havana said twenty-six Cuban citizens had been given prison terms to incarceration ranging from 5 to 14 years for mercenary involvement since last September when reports emerged of individuals being dispatched to the frontlines in the conflict.

I Want to Live Project Discloses Information on Cuban Involvement

The surrender initiative, a Ukrainian government project that urges enemy combatants to surrender, said in spring: "We have confirmed the names and personal details of 1,028 Cubans who signed contracts with the Moscow's troops in the past two years."

The Cuban authorities said of those who might be participating: "Undeniably that not a single one has the backing, allegiance, or consent of the government in Havana for their involvement."

Family members of Cuban nationals who left for Russia in the year reported to international media at the time that their family members had been deceptively recruited through ads on digital networks.