Latest Oil Plant Attack Reveals 'Absolutely No Safe Areas in the Russian Far Hinterland'

Ukraine's drones have hit Russia's Bashneft refinery in the city of Ufa, located some 1,400 kilometres from the Ukrainian border, triggering explosions and a fire, as reported by a informed individual in the Ukrainian SBU.

This represents the latest intelligence far-reaching assault in the region in the past month. Such attacks demonstrate that there are no protected areas in the far hinterland of the Russian Federation.

Ukrainian President Appeals to US President to Mediate Truce in Ukraine

Volodymyr Zelenskyy called on the US President to broker peace in Ukraine in a phone call on Saturday.

"When a war can be stopped in a particular zone, then certainly further hostilities can be halted as well, covering the Russian war," he said, praising the US President's "outstanding" Gaza peace initiative and calling for the President to compel the Russian government into discussions.

Russian Assaults Kill Lives in the Country

Moscow's assaults on Ukraine killed at least 5 individuals on Saturday and cut power to parts of Ukraine's south Odesa region, per local sources.

Two civilians were killed within a place of worship in Kostyantynivka when it was hit, according to municipal sources.

In the Russian frontier area of the Belgorod region, a truck driver was lost his life by a Ukrainian strike, per local officials.

Electricity Restoration Work in Kyiv

Work proceeded on Saturday to recover electricity in Kyiv, after strikes by Moscow.

Energy had been restored to more than 800,000 citizens by Saturday and the biggest power firm stated the primary efforts to restore power was finished though some outages persisted.

Air Defence Operations and UAV Downings

The Ukrainian anti-aircraft systems neutralized 54 out of seventy-eight enemy drones launched towards the country overnight, the military said on Saturday.

Russia's defence ministry said it intercepted 42 UAVs from Ukraine over its own soil.

Cuba Denies Accusations of Deploying Soldiers to Ukraine

Havana on the weekend denied US assertions it has deployed soldiers to participate in the conflict in Ukraine, while stating Cuban authorities "do not have exact details about Cuban nationals" participating "voluntarily" or "in the military forces of the conflicting parties".

The ministry in the capital stated 26 Cubans had been given prison terms to incarceration varying between 5 to 14 years for mercenary involvement since last September when news circulated of individuals being dispatched to the battlefield in Ukraine.

Surrender Initiative Project Discloses Information on Cuban National Involvement

I Want to Live, a Ukrainian government initiative that promotes adversaries to lay down arms, reported in May: "We have confirmed the identities and information of over a thousand individuals who entered into agreements with the Russian armed forces in recently."

The Cuban authorities stated of those who might be participating: "There is no doubt that no individual have the support, dedication, or consent of the Cuban authorities for their actions."

Family members of Cubans who traveled to the Russian Federation in the year reported to international media at the time that their loved ones had been misled into enlisting through ads on social media.