🔗 Share this article Recent Processing Facility Assault Demonstrates 'No Protected Locations in the Russian Distant Backlines' Ukraine's UAVs have struck Russia's Bashneft refinery in Ufa, positioned some 1,400 kilometres from Ukraine, triggering detonations and a inferno, as reported by a informed individual in Ukraine's SBU. This constitutes the latest intelligence far-reaching assault in the region in the past month. These attacks illustrate that there are no secure zones in the deep rear of the Russian Federation. Ukrainian President Urges US President to Broker Peace in the Conflict The Ukrainian leader appealed to the US President to broker peace in Ukraine during a telephone conversation on Saturday. "When a conflict can be halted in a particular zone, then undoubtedly additional conflicts can be ended as well, encompassing the Russian aggression," Zelenskyy stated, praising the US President's "exceptional" Gaza peace initiative and requesting the American leader to pressure the Kremlin into discussions. Moscow's Assaults Kill Lives in the Country Strikes by Russia on Ukrainian territory claimed the lives of several civilians on the weekend and disrupted electricity to sections of Ukraine's southern Odesa area, per Ukrainian officials. Two people lost their lives inside a religious building in Kostyantynivka when it was targeted, according to municipal sources. In Russia's frontier area of the Belgorod region, a lorry operator was killed by a Ukrainian strike, as stated by municipal sources. Energy Restoration Efforts in Kyiv Efforts proceeded on the weekend to recover electricity in the Ukrainian capital, after assaults. Electricity had been restored to in excess of 800,000 inhabitants by the weekend and the biggest utility provider said the key operations to recover electricity was finished though certain disruptions persisted. Anti-Aircraft Operations and Drone Downings The Ukrainian anti-aircraft systems downed or disrupted fifty-four of 78 enemy drones sent targeting the country during the night, the air force announced on the weekend. Russia's military authorities stated it eliminated 42 UAVs from Ukraine over its own soil. Cuba Refutes Allegations of Sending Forces to the War The Cuban government on Saturday denied US claims it has deployed military personnel to fight in the conflict in Ukraine, while stating officials in Havana "lack precise data about citizens of Cuba" involved "on their own" or "within the troops of either party". The ministry in the capital announced 26 Cubans had been sentenced to prison terms ranging from five to 14 years for participating as mercenaries since September 2023 when information emerged of Cuban nationals being dispatched to the battlefield in the conflict. I Want to Live Project Discloses Details on Cuban Enlistment The surrender initiative, a state initiative that promotes opposing fighters to give up, stated in May: "Our information indicates the identities and information of one thousand and twenty-eight Cubans who entered into agreements with the Moscow's troops in 2023-2024." The Cuban authorities said of Cubans who might be engaged: "It is irrefutable that no individual has the backing, allegiance, or consent of the government in Havana for their involvement." Relatives of Cuban nationals who traveled to Russia in the year reported to Agence France-Presse at the time that their family members had been deceptively recruited through ads on social media.