Ukrainian drones have targeted the Russian oil refinery in the city of Ufa, situated some 1,400 kilometres from the Ukrainian border, causing detonations and a inferno, according to a informed individual in Ukraine's SBU.
This represents the latest intelligence long-range attack in Bashkortostan in the past month. Such strikes illustrate that there are no safe places in the far hinterland of the Russia.
President Zelenskyy appealed to the US President to broker peace in the Ukrainian conflict over a call on Saturday.
"Provided that a conflict can be stopped in one region, then surely additional conflicts can be ended as well, encompassing the conflict with Russia," he stated, commending the US President's "outstanding" Gaza peace initiative and calling for the US president to pressure the Russian government into talks.
Strikes by Russia on Ukraine claimed the lives of several civilians on the weekend and caused blackouts to areas of the south Odesa oblast, according to authorities in Ukraine.
Two civilians died within a religious building in Kostyantynivka when it was struck, per municipal sources.
In Russia's border region of the Belgorod region, a vehicle operator was fatally wounded by a attack from Ukraine, according to municipal sources.
Efforts proceeded on Saturday to repair energy infrastructure in Kyiv, after Russian attacks.
Power had been restored to over 800,000 citizens by the weekend and the largest utility provider said the main work to restore power was complete though certain disruptions continued.
Ukraine's anti-aircraft systems downed or disrupted 54 out of 78 total Russian drones deployed towards Ukraine during the night, the air force announced on Saturday.
The Russian defense officials claimed it intercepted 42 UAVs from Ukraine over its own soil.
Havana on Saturday refuted US assertions it has sent military personnel to fight in the hostilities, while affirming Cuban authorities "lack exact details about Cuban nationals" engaged "voluntarily" or "as part of the armed units of either party".
The government department in Havana stated twenty-six nationals had been given prison terms to jail sentences from 5 to 14 years for participating as mercenaries since last September when information spread of Cuban nationals being dispatched to the battlefield in Ukraine.
The program, a state initiative that encourages adversaries to lay down arms, stated in spring: "We reliably know the names and personal details of 1,028 Cubans who enlisted with the Russian armed forces in recently."
The government in Havana commented of Cubans who might be participating: "It is irrefutable that no individual have the backing, dedication, or approval of the Cuban state for their activities."
Relatives of Cuban nationals who left for the Russian Federation in the year informed news outlets at the time that their family members had been misled into enlisting through advertisements on social media.
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