🔗 Share this article Newest Processing Facility Attack Demonstrates 'Zero Protected Locations in Russia's Distant Backlines' Ukrainian UAVs have targeted the Russian Bashneft facility in Ufa, positioned some 1,400 km from Ukraine, causing blasts and a blaze, according to a source in the Ukrainian SBU. This marks the latest Ukrainian security service far-reaching assault in Bashkortostan in the recent weeks. Such strikes illustrate that there are no safe places in the distant backlines of the Russian Federation. Ukrainian President Calls On Trump to Broker Ceasefire in the Conflict Volodymyr Zelenskyy appealed to President Trump to facilitate a truce in the Ukrainian conflict over a phone call on Saturday. "If a conflict can be ended in a single area, then certainly other wars can be halted as well, covering the conflict with Russia," Zelenskyy said, hailing the US President's "exceptional" Gaza truce proposal and requesting the President to influence the Moscow into talks. Moscow's Attacks Claim Lives in the Country Strikes by Russia on Ukraine claimed the lives of five people on the weekend and disrupted electricity to sections of the southern Odesa oblast, according to Ukrainian officials. Two civilians were killed in a church in Kostyantynivka when it was struck, as reported by local authorities. In the Russian border region of the Belgorod region, a truck driver was fatally wounded by a drone assault, per municipal sources. Energy Recovery Work in Kyiv Efforts proceeded on the weekend to repair energy infrastructure in the Ukrainian capital, after assaults. Power had been restored to over 800,000 citizens by Saturday and the largest private energy company said the primary work to repair the grid was finished though certain disruptions continued. Air Defence Efforts and UAV Downings Ukraine's air defences neutralized 54 out of 78 Russian drones sent targeting the country in the dark hours, the military announced on Saturday. The Russian military authorities claimed it eliminated 42 enemy UAVs from Ukraine over Russian territory. Cuba Refutes Allegations of Deploying Soldiers to the War Cuba on the weekend rejected American allegations it has deployed military personnel to participate in the conflict in Ukraine, while affirming officials in Havana "do not have precise details about Cuban nationals" involved "voluntarily" or "in the military forces of both sides". The foreign ministry in the capital announced 26 nationals had been sentenced to prison terms from five to 14 years for mercenary involvement since last September when news circulated of Cuban nationals being dispatched to the battlefield in the conflict. Surrender Initiative Project Reveals Information on Cuban Enlistment The surrender initiative, a state program that encourages adversaries to surrender, said in spring: "We reliably know the identities and information of 1,028 individuals who signed contracts with the Moscow's troops in the past two years." The government in Havana stated of those who might be participating: "Undeniably that none of them has the encouragement, dedication, or authorization of the Cuban state for their actions." Family members of individuals who departed to the Russian Federation in 2023 reported to news outlets at the time that their family members had been misled into enlisting through promotions on digital networks.