Ukraine's unmanned aerial vehicles have targeted the Russian Bashneft refinery in the city of Ufa, situated approximately 1,400 kilometers from Ukraine, causing blasts and a inferno, per a informed individual in the Ukrainian intelligence agency.
This constitutes the latest SBU far-reaching assault in the region in the last month. These attacks show that there are no protected areas in the deep rear of the Russia.
The Ukrainian leader urged Donald Trump to broker peace in the Ukrainian conflict during a call on Saturday.
"If a hostilities can be ended in a single area, then surely additional conflicts can be ended as well, encompassing the Russian aggression," the President stated, praising Trump's "exceptional" Gaza peace initiative and urging the US president to pressure the Kremlin into talks.
Russian attacks on Ukraine resulted in the deaths of several civilians on Saturday and cut power to sections of Ukraine's southern Odesa area, as stated by Ukrainian officials.
Two people died inside a place of worship in the town when it was targeted, according to municipal sources.
In Russia's frontier area of Belgorod, a vehicle operator was fatally wounded by a drone assault, according to local officials.
Efforts carried on on Saturday to restore power in the Ukrainian capital, after assaults.
Energy had been recovered to over 800,000 inhabitants by Saturday and the biggest power firm announced the key work to recover electricity was concluded though partial blackouts remained.
The Ukrainian defense forces downed or disrupted fifty-four of 78 enemy drones launched targeting Ukraine in the dark hours, the air force reported on the weekend.
Russia's military authorities said it eliminated 42 drones over Russian territory.
The Cuban government on the weekend denied US assertions it has sent military personnel to fight in the conflict in Ukraine, while declaring officials in Havana "do not have precise details about citizens of Cuba" participating "independently" or "as part of the armed units of both sides".
The ministry in the capital stated 26 Cuban citizens had been sentenced to prison terms ranging from five to 14 years for mercenary activity since last September when reports emerged of Cuban nationals being deployed to the front in Ukraine.
I Want to Live, a Ukrainian government initiative that promotes opposing fighters to lay down arms, said in May: "Our information indicates the personal data of 1,028 individuals who enlisted with the Russian armed forces in recently."
The government in Havana commented of those who might be involved: "It is irrefutable that not a single one have the encouragement, commitment, or approval of the government in Havana for their involvement."
Relatives of Cuban nationals who left for Russia in the year informed international media at the time that their relatives had been misled into enlisting through promotions on online platforms.
