🔗 Share this article Latest Processing Facility Attack Reveals 'Zero Secure Locations in Russia's Far Hinterland' Ukraine's unmanned aerial vehicles have struck the Russian oil facility in Ufa, positioned around 1,400 kilometers from the Ukrainian border, triggering detonations and a inferno, as reported by a informed individual in the Ukrainian intelligence agency. This marks the third Ukrainian security service deep strike in Bashkortostan in the last month. Those operations illustrate that there are no secure zones in the distant backlines of the Russian state. Zelenskyy Urges Trump to Facilitate Truce in Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy called on President Trump to facilitate a truce in Ukraine in a call on the weekend. "When a conflict can be halted in a particular zone, then undoubtedly other wars can be stopped as well, including the Russian aggression," he said, praising Trump's "remarkable" Middle East truce proposal and calling for the US president to pressure the Moscow into negotiations. Moscow's Attacks Claim Lives in Ukraine Russian attacks on Ukraine claimed the lives of five people on the weekend and cut power to sections of Ukraine's south Odesa oblast, per authorities in Ukraine. Two civilians were killed within a religious building in Kostyantynivka when it was hit, according to local authorities. In the Russian border region of Belgorod, a truck driver was fatally wounded by a Ukrainian strike, according to regional authorities. Electricity Restoration Operations in the Capital Efforts proceeded on Saturday to repair energy infrastructure in the Ukrainian capital, after Russian attacks. Energy had been returned to more than 800,000 citizens by the weekend and the biggest private energy company said the key work to restore power was finished though certain disruptions persisted. Air Defence Operations and Drone Downings Ukraine's defense forces neutralized 54 out of 78 Russian drones deployed against the country in the dark hours, the air force announced on the weekend. Russia's military authorities stated it intercepted forty-two UAVs from Ukraine over its own soil. Cuba Denies Allegations of Providing Forces to the War Havana on Saturday refuted American allegations it has deployed troops to engage in the Ukraine war, while declaring the government "are without accurate data about individuals" involved "on their own" or "in the military forces of the conflicting parties". The ministry in Havana stated 26 Cuban citizens had been convicted to incarceration ranging from 5 to 14 years for mercenary activity since last September when information emerged of Cubans being dispatched to the front in Ukraine. Surrender Initiative Program Reports Information on Cuban National Recruitment The program, a Ukrainian government project that urges adversaries to surrender, said in spring: "We have confirmed the names and personal details of one thousand and twenty-eight Cuban nationals who enlisted with the Moscow's troops in 2023-2024." The Cuban foreign ministry stated of Cubans who might be engaged: "Undeniably that not a single one has the support, commitment, or consent of the Cuban state for their actions." Kin of Cubans who departed to Russia in the year reported to Agence France-Presse at the time that their relatives had been deceptively recruited through advertisements on online platforms.