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Ukrainian drones have struck the Russian oil processing plant in the city of Ufa, located approximately 1,400 kilometers from the Ukrainian border, resulting in explosions and a inferno, according to a informed individual in Ukraine's intelligence agency.

This marks the 3rd SBU long-range attack in Bashkortostan in the last month. Such attacks illustrate that there are no safe places in the deep rear of the Russian Federation.

Zelenskyy Urges US President to Facilitate Peace in the Conflict

President Zelenskyy appealed to Donald Trump to facilitate a truce in the Ukrainian conflict in a telephone conversation on Saturday.

"If a war can be ended in a single area, then surely further hostilities can be stopped as well, including the conflict with Russia," the President said, hailing the US President's "exceptional" Middle East peace initiative and calling for the American leader to compel the Moscow into talks.

Moscow's Attacks Take Lives in the Country

Strikes by Russia on Ukraine resulted in the deaths of 5 individuals on the weekend and disrupted electricity to sections of Ukraine's south Odesa oblast, according to authorities in Ukraine.

A pair of individuals lost their lives inside a religious building in Kostyantynivka when it was hit, according to regional officials.

In the Russian adjacent territory of Belgorod, a vehicle operator was killed by a attack from Ukraine, according to municipal sources.

Energy Recovery Work in Kyiv

Operations carried on on the weekend to restore power in the Ukrainian capital, after assaults.

Energy had been recovered to more than 800,000 residents by the weekend and the major private energy company said the key work to restore power was finished though certain disruptions persisted.

Air Defence Actions and Drone Interceptions

The Ukrainian defense forces intercepted or jammed fifty-four of seventy-eight enemy drones launched against Ukraine during the night, the military reported on the weekend.

The Russian military authorities claimed it eliminated 42 Ukrainian drones over its own soil.

Cuba Rejects Claims of Sending Troops to the War

The Cuban government on Saturday denied US allegations it has sent military personnel to engage in the Ukraine war, while declaring officials in Havana "lack precise information about Cuban nationals" involved "voluntarily" or "as part of the armed units of either party".

The ministry in the capital stated twenty-six Cuban citizens had been given prison terms to jail sentences from five up to fourteen years for mercenary activity since last September when information spread of Cuban nationals being sent to the frontlines in Ukraine.

I Want to Live Initiative Reports Information on Cuban Recruitment

The surrender initiative, a Ukrainian government program that urges opposing fighters to lay down arms, reported in spring: "We reliably know the personal data of 1,028 Cuban nationals who signed contracts with the Moscow's troops in the past two years."

The Cuban authorities stated of Cuban nationals who might be involved: "Undeniably that not a single one possesses the support, dedication, or approval of the Cuban authorities for their actions."

Relatives of Cubans who traveled to Russia in 2023 reported to news outlets at the time that their relatives had been deceptively recruited through ads on online platforms.