Ukrainian drones have hit the Russian Bashneft processing plant in Ufa, located some 1,400 kilometers from Ukraine, causing explosions and a fire, per a informed individual in Ukraine's SBU.
This marks the latest intelligence far-reaching assault in the region in the recent weeks. Those strikes illustrate that there are no safe places in the deep rear of the Russian Federation.
The Ukrainian leader appealed to the US President to facilitate a truce in Ukraine over a telephone conversation on Saturday.
"When a war can be ended in one region, then undoubtedly further hostilities can be halted as well, encompassing the conflict with Russia," the President remarked, commending Trump's "remarkable" Gaza peace initiative and calling for the President to compel the Moscow into negotiations.
Russian attacks on Ukrainian territory resulted in the deaths of several civilians on Saturday and caused blackouts to parts of Ukraine's south Odesa area, as stated by local sources.
A pair of individuals died inside a place of worship in the town when it was targeted, according to local authorities.
In Russia's adjacent territory of the Belgorod region, a lorry operator was fatally wounded by a attack from Ukraine, per regional authorities.
Work continued on the weekend to repair energy infrastructure in Kyiv, after assaults.
Power had been returned to over 800,000 citizens by the weekend and the biggest power firm stated the main efforts to recover electricity was concluded though certain disruptions remained.
Ukraine's air defences neutralized 54 out of seventy-eight enemy drones deployed towards the country during the night, the aerial defense command said on Saturday.
The Russian military authorities claimed it shot down 42 enemy Ukrainian drones over the country's airspace.
Havana on the weekend rejected US allegations it has provided soldiers to fight in the hostilities, while stating the government "are without precise data about citizens of Cuba" participating "voluntarily" or "within the troops of the conflicting parties".
The foreign ministry in the capital said 26 nationals had been convicted to jail sentences ranging from 5 to 14 years for mercenary involvement since the autumn of 2023 when news spread of Cubans being sent to the front in the conflict.
The program, a Ukrainian government project that promotes adversaries 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 Russian armed forces in the past two years."
The Cuban authorities commented of Cuban nationals who might be involved: "It is irrefutable that none of them have the encouragement, allegiance, or authorization of the Cuban authorities for their involvement."
Kin of Cuban nationals who left for the Russian Federation in the year told Agence France-Presse at the time that their family members had been deceptively recruited through advertisements on online platforms.
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