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Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles have targeted Russia's Bashneft refinery in Ufa, positioned some 1,400 kilometers from Ukraine, triggering detonations and a fire, per a source in Ukraine's SBU.

This represents the latest Ukrainian security service deep strike in Bashkortostan in the past month. These operations show that there are no secure zones in the deep rear of the Russian Federation.

Zelenskyy Urges US President to Mediate Peace in the Conflict

Volodymyr Zelenskyy called on the US President to broker peace in Ukraine during a telephone conversation on Saturday.

"Provided that a hostilities can be ended in one region, then certainly further hostilities can be halted as well, including the Russian war," he remarked, praising Trump's "exceptional" Middle East peace initiative and calling for the US president to influence the Moscow into talks.

Moscow's Attacks Kill Casualties in Ukraine

Russian attacks on Ukraine resulted in the deaths of five people on Saturday and disrupted electricity to parts of Ukraine's south Odesa area, as stated by authorities in Ukraine.

Two civilians lost their lives within a place of worship in Kostyantynivka when it was targeted, per municipal sources.

In the Russian frontier area of the Belgorod region, a lorry operator was lost his life by a Ukrainian strike, according to municipal sources.

Energy Recovery Operations in the Capital

Operations continued on Saturday to restore power in Kyiv, after strikes by Moscow.

Power had been recovered to over 800,000 citizens by the weekend and the largest private energy company announced the key efforts to repair the grid was complete though partial blackouts persisted.

Air Defence Operations and UAV Downings

Ukraine's anti-aircraft systems neutralized fifty-four of 78 UAVs from Russia sent against Ukraine overnight, the aerial defense command announced on Saturday.

Russia's defense officials said it intercepted forty-two UAVs from Ukraine over Russian territory.

Cuban Government Denies Claims of Deploying Forces to Ukraine

Cuba on Saturday denied US allegations it has deployed troops to participate in the conflict in Ukraine, while affirming officials in Havana "are without precise data about citizens of Cuba" participating "on their own" or "as part of the armed units of both sides".

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 September 2023 when information circulated of Cuban nationals being dispatched to the battlefield in Ukraine.

I Want to Live Initiative Reveals Data on Cuban Enlistment

The surrender initiative, a Ukrainian government initiative that urges opposing fighters to surrender, said in May: "We reliably know the personal data of over a thousand individuals who enlisted with the Moscow's troops in the past two years."

The Cuban authorities commented of Cubans who might be engaged: "There is no doubt that no individual has the backing, allegiance, or authorization of the government in Havana for their involvement."

Family members of Cuban nationals who departed to the Russian Federation in 2023 informed news outlets at the time that their relatives had been tricked into joining through ads on digital networks.