🔗 Share this article Latest Processing Facility Strike Reveals 'Zero Safe Locations in the Russian Deep Rear' Ukraine's unmanned aerial vehicles have targeted Russia's Bashneft facility in the city of Ufa, positioned some 1,400 kilometres from the Ukrainian border, resulting in blasts and a inferno, according to a insider in Ukraine's intelligence agency. This represents the 3rd SBU long-range attack in Bashkortostan in the recent weeks. Such attacks illustrate that there are no secure zones in the deep rear of the Russia. Zelenskyy Urges Trump to Mediate Peace in Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy called on Donald Trump to mediate a ceasefire in Ukraine over a phone call on Saturday. "When a conflict can be ended in a particular zone, then surely other wars can be stopped as well, including the Russian war," the President said, hailing Trump's "exceptional" Gaza ceasefire plan and calling for the American leader to influence the Moscow into talks. Russian Attacks Kill Victims in the Country Moscow's assaults on Ukraine resulted in the deaths of five people on Saturday and caused blackouts to areas of the southern Odesa oblast, per local sources. A pair of individuals died inside a religious building in the town when it was struck, according to regional officials. In Russia's border region of Belgorod, a vehicle operator was fatally wounded by a attack from Ukraine, per regional authorities. Electricity Repair Operations in the Capital Work proceeded on Saturday to recover electricity in the Ukrainian capital, after strikes by Moscow. Electricity had been restored to in excess of 800,000 inhabitants by the weekend and the largest utility provider announced the key operations to repair the grid was finished though some outages remained. Air Defence Efforts and Drone Downings The Ukrainian anti-aircraft systems neutralized 54 out of seventy-eight UAVs from Russia deployed against the country in the dark hours, the aerial defense command reported on the weekend. Russia's military authorities claimed it shot down 42 enemy drones over the country's airspace. Cuba Denies Allegations of Sending Troops to the War Havana on the weekend denied American assertions it has provided troops to participate in the conflict in Ukraine, while stating the government "lack precise information about Cuban nationals" engaged "voluntarily" or "as part of the armed units of the conflicting parties". The foreign ministry in Havana said 26 nationals had been convicted to prison terms ranging from five up to fourteen years for mercenary involvement since the autumn of 2023 when reports emerged of Cubans being deployed to the frontlines in Ukraine. I Want to Live Initiative Reports Information on Cuban National Enlistment The surrender initiative, a Ukrainian government project that promotes enemy combatants to surrender, said in spring: "We have confirmed the identities and information of over a thousand individuals who signed contracts with the Russian military in 2023-2024." The government in Havana stated of Cubans who might be involved: "Undeniably that none of them has the support, allegiance, or consent of the Cuban authorities for their actions." Family members of individuals who left for Russia in the year reported to Agence France-Presse at the time that their family members had been tricked into joining through ads on social media.