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Ukraine's UAVs have hit Russia's oil facility in the city of Ufa, positioned approximately 1,400 kilometres from Ukraine, causing blasts and a inferno, per a insider in Ukraine's intelligence agency.

This represents the latest intelligence deep strike in the region in the last month. Such strikes demonstrate that there are no protected areas in the deep rear of the Russia.

Ukrainian President Calls On US President to Mediate Ceasefire in the Conflict

Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged Donald Trump to facilitate a truce in the Ukrainian conflict during a telephone conversation on Saturday.

"When a hostilities can be ended in a single area, then certainly other wars can be ended as well, covering the Russian war," Zelenskyy said, commending the US President's "exceptional" Middle East ceasefire plan and calling for the American leader to pressure the Moscow into negotiations.

Moscow's Assaults Take Lives in Ukraine

Strikes by Russia on Ukraine killed at least five people on Saturday and cut power to parts of Ukraine's southern Odesa oblast, as stated by local sources.

A pair of individuals died inside a religious building in the town when it was struck, as reported by local authorities.

In Russia's adjacent territory of the Belgorod region, a truck driver was killed by a Ukrainian strike, as stated by regional authorities.

Energy Recovery Efforts in Kyiv

Work carried on on the weekend to restore power in the Ukrainian capital, after Russian attacks.

Energy had been recovered to more than 800,000 inhabitants by the weekend and the biggest private energy company announced the primary work to restore power was complete though partial blackouts continued.

Anti-Aircraft Actions and UAV Interceptions

The Ukrainian air defences downed or disrupted 54 out of 78 total Russian drones launched against the country in the dark hours, the air force reported on the weekend.

The Russian defense officials said it intercepted 42 Ukrainian drones over its own soil.

Cuban Government Refutes Allegations of Deploying Soldiers to the War

Cuba on the weekend denied US allegations it has deployed military personnel to participate in the hostilities, while declaring the government "are without exact information about individuals" engaged "voluntarily" or "in the military forces of the conflicting parties".

The ministry in Havana announced 26 Cuban citizens had been convicted to jail sentences from 5 to 14 years for mercenary activity since last September when news emerged of Cuban nationals being deployed to the front in Ukraine.

I Want to Live Initiative Discloses Information on Cuban Recruitment

The program, a official Kyiv program that promotes enemy combatants to give up, reported in spring: "We have confirmed the personal data of 1,028 individuals who signed contracts with the Russian armed forces in recently."

The Cuban authorities commented of Cuban nationals who might be involved: "There is no doubt that no individual has the backing, allegiance, or authorization of the Cuban state for their involvement."

Kin of Cubans who traveled to Russia in the year told Agence France-Presse at the time that their family members had been deceptively recruited through advertisements on digital networks.