Recent Processing Facility Strike Shows 'No Safe Locations in the Russian Far Hinterland'

Ukraine's UAVs have hit the Russian Bashneft processing plant in Ufa, positioned around 1,400 km from the Ukrainian border, triggering explosions and a blaze, according to a informed individual in the Ukrainian intelligence agency.

This marks the 3rd intelligence deep strike in the region in the past month. Those attacks show that there are no protected areas in the distant backlines of the Russia.

Ukrainian President Urges US President to Mediate Ceasefire in the Conflict

The Ukrainian leader urged Donald Trump to broker peace in the Ukrainian conflict over a phone call on the weekend.

"When a hostilities can be stopped in one region, then surely further hostilities can be stopped as well, including the conflict with Russia," the President said, hailing Trump's "exceptional" Gaza truce proposal and requesting the President to pressure the Russian government into talks.

Russian Assaults Take Casualties in the Country

Moscow's assaults on Ukrainian territory killed at least several civilians on Saturday and cut power to sections of the southern Odesa region, according to Ukrainian officials.

Two people lost their lives inside a church in the town when it was targeted, per local authorities.

In the Russian border region of Belgorod, a lorry operator was fatally wounded by a Ukrainian strike, as stated by regional authorities.

Electricity Repair Work in the Capital

Work proceeded on the weekend to repair energy infrastructure in Kyiv, after assaults.

Power had been recovered to more than 800,000 citizens by the weekend and the major power firm announced the main operations to recover electricity was finished though some outages remained.

Anti-Aircraft Actions and UAV Jamming

The Ukrainian anti-aircraft systems intercepted or jammed 54 of 78 enemy drones launched targeting the country overnight, the air force announced on the weekend.

Russia's defence ministry said it intercepted 42 Ukrainian drones over the country's airspace.

Cuban Government Rejects Claims of Providing Soldiers to the War

Havana on the weekend refuted American claims it has provided troops to engage in the Ukraine war, while stating Cuban authorities "do not have accurate data about Cuban nationals" engaged "on their own" or "in the military forces of both sides".

The foreign ministry in the capital announced twenty-six Cubans had been sentenced to jail sentences ranging from 5 to 14 years for participating as mercenaries since last September when information circulated of individuals being sent to the frontlines in Ukraine.

I Want to Live Project Reports Data on Cuban Involvement

The surrender initiative, a Ukrainian government project that promotes opposing fighters to lay down arms, 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 military in the past two years."

The government in Havana said of Cuban nationals who might be engaged: "There is no doubt that no individual have the backing, allegiance, or consent of the government in Havana for their actions."

Kin of individuals who departed to Russia in the year informed Agence France-Presse at the time that their loved ones had been tricked into joining through promotions on digital networks.