Ukraine's UAVs have targeted the Russian Bashneft refinery in Ufa, situated around 1,400 km from Ukraine, resulting in detonations and a blaze, per a source in Ukraine's intelligence agency.
This marks the third intelligence far-reaching assault in the region in the recent weeks. These strikes illustrate that there are no protected areas in the deep rear of the Russian state.
President Zelenskyy urged President Trump to broker peace in Ukraine in a phone call on Saturday.
"Provided that a war can be stopped in a particular zone, then undoubtedly additional conflicts can be halted as well, covering the conflict with Russia," the President remarked, hailing the US President's "remarkable" Middle East ceasefire plan and urging the American leader to influence the Russian government into talks.
Russian attacks on Ukraine resulted in the deaths of 5 individuals on Saturday and disrupted electricity to sections of Ukraine's southern Odesa oblast, as stated by authorities in Ukraine.
Two people were killed inside a place of worship in the town when it was struck, per local authorities.
In Russia's adjacent territory of Belgorod, a lorry operator was fatally wounded by a drone assault, as stated by regional authorities.
Work continued on Saturday to restore power in Kyiv, after assaults.
Energy had been restored to over 800,000 inhabitants by the weekend and the largest power firm said the main efforts to repair the grid was complete though partial blackouts continued.
The Ukrainian anti-aircraft systems intercepted or jammed 54 out of 78 enemy drones sent against Ukraine overnight, the aerial defense command reported on Saturday.
Russia's defence ministry said it intercepted forty-two Ukrainian drones over Russian territory.
Havana on the weekend rejected American claims it has sent troops to fight in the hostilities, while affirming the government "are without exact details about Cuban nationals" participating "on their own" or "in the military forces of either party".
The ministry in the capital stated 26 Cuban citizens had been convicted to incarceration varying between five to 14 years for mercenary activity since last September when reports emerged of Cubans being deployed to the front in Ukraine.
I Want to Live, a Ukrainian government project that promotes opposing fighters to give up, stated in spring: "We have confirmed the personal data of one thousand and twenty-eight Cuban nationals who signed contracts with the Moscow's troops in the past two years."
The Cuban authorities commented of those who might be engaged: "It is irrefutable that not a single one have the encouragement, commitment, or authorization of the government in Havana for their activities."
Kin of Cuban nationals who left for the Russian Federation in 2023 told Agence France-Presse at the time that their relatives had been misled into enlisting through ads on digital networks.
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