🔗 Share this article Newest Processing Facility Assault Demonstrates 'No Protected Locations in Russia's Far Hinterland' Ukrainian drones have hit Russia's Bashneft processing plant in Ufa, positioned around 1,400 km from Ukraine, causing blasts and a blaze, as reported by a informed individual in Ukraine's intelligence agency. This marks the third Ukrainian security service far-reaching assault in the region in the recent weeks. Such strikes demonstrate that there are no safe places in the far hinterland of the Russian Federation. Zelenskyy Urges Trump to Broker Peace in the Conflict The Ukrainian leader called on Donald Trump to broker peace in Ukraine in a phone call on Saturday. "When a hostilities can be ended in one region, then undoubtedly other wars can be ended as well, encompassing the Russian aggression," Zelenskyy said, commending the US President's "exceptional" Middle East ceasefire plan and calling for the US president to compel the Russian government into negotiations. Moscow's Strikes Kill Lives in Ukraine Russian attacks on Ukraine killed at least five people on the weekend and disrupted electricity to sections of the southern Odesa area, per Ukrainian officials. Two people died within a church in Kostyantynivka when it was struck, according to regional officials. In the Russian adjacent territory of the Belgorod region, a lorry operator was killed by a Ukrainian strike, according to municipal sources. Power Restoration Operations in Kyiv Operations carried on on Saturday to repair energy infrastructure in the Ukrainian capital, after Russian attacks. Power 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 complete though some outages persisted. Anti-Aircraft Actions and Drone Downings Ukraine's defense forces neutralized 54 out of 78 enemy drones deployed towards the country in the dark hours, the aerial defense command said on Saturday. The Russian defence ministry said it intercepted 42 enemy drones over Russian territory. Cuba Denies Allegations of Sending Soldiers to the War Havana on the weekend denied American assertions it has deployed military personnel to engage in the conflict in Ukraine, while declaring the government "do not have accurate data about individuals" participating "independently" or "in the military forces of both sides". The foreign ministry in the capital announced 26 Cubans had been sentenced to incarceration ranging from five up to fourteen years for participating as mercenaries since September 2023 when news emerged of individuals being deployed to the front in Ukraine. Surrender Initiative Project Discloses Details on Cuban National Enlistment I Want to Live, a Ukrainian government project that encourages opposing fighters to lay down arms, said in May: "Our information indicates the names and personal details of one thousand and twenty-eight Cuban nationals who entered into agreements with the Russian military in 2023-2024." The Cuban foreign ministry stated of those who might be involved: "There is no doubt that no individual have the support, allegiance, or approval of the Cuban state for their actions." Kin of Cubans who left for Russia in the year told international media at the time that their relatives had been misled into enlisting through advertisements on digital networks.