🔗 Share this article Recent Processing Facility Attack Reveals 'Zero Protected Locations in the Russian Deep Rear' Ukraine's unmanned aerial vehicles have struck Russia's Bashneft refinery in the city of Ufa, positioned some 1,400 km from Ukraine, triggering explosions and a blaze, according to a source in Ukraine's Security Service. This marks the 3rd intelligence deep strike in the region in the recent weeks. Such strikes show that there are no protected areas in the deep rear of the Russian state. Ukrainian President Calls On US President to Facilitate Ceasefire in Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged the US President to facilitate a truce in Ukraine over a telephone conversation on the weekend. "If a hostilities can be ended in a single area, then certainly other wars can be halted as well, covering the Russian aggression," he remarked, commending Trump's "remarkable" Gaza ceasefire plan and calling for the President to compel the Moscow into negotiations. Moscow's Assaults Kill Victims in Ukraine Moscow's assaults on Ukrainian territory claimed the lives of 5 individuals on Saturday and disrupted electricity to sections of the southern Odesa region, as stated by Ukrainian officials. A pair of individuals were killed within a church in the town when it was hit, according to local authorities. In Russia's border region of the Belgorod region, a truck driver was fatally wounded by a Ukrainian strike, as stated by local officials. Energy Repair Operations in the Capital Efforts carried on on Saturday to restore power in Kyiv, after assaults. Electricity had been returned to more than 800,000 inhabitants by the weekend and the largest private energy company announced the key efforts to restore power was finished though certain disruptions continued. Anti-Aircraft Efforts and Drone Downings The Ukrainian air defences intercepted or jammed 54 out of 78 total Russian drones deployed towards Ukraine during the night, the air force said on the weekend. The Russian defence ministry said it eliminated 42 enemy Ukrainian drones over Russian territory. Cuba Denies Allegations of Providing Soldiers to the War Havana on the weekend rejected US claims it has provided troops to participate in the Ukraine war, while stating Cuban authorities "do not have exact data about individuals" involved "on their own" or "as part of the armed units of both sides". The government department in the capital said twenty-six Cubans had been sentenced to incarceration varying between five up to fourteen years for mercenary activity since September 2023 when information circulated of Cuban nationals being sent to the battlefield in Ukraine. I Want to Live Program Discloses Information on Cuban Recruitment The surrender initiative, a official Kyiv program that urges enemy combatants to give up, said in May: "Our information indicates the identities and information of 1,028 Cubans who signed contracts with the Moscow's troops in 2023-2024." The Cuban authorities said of Cuban nationals who might be engaged: "It is irrefutable that no individual possesses the encouragement, allegiance, or authorization of the Cuban authorities for their actions." Family members of Cubans who departed to Russia in the year reported to international media at the time that their loved ones had been deceptively recruited through advertisements on digital networks.