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Ukrainian UAVs have struck Russia's oil processing plant in the city of Ufa, positioned around 1,400 km from the Ukrainian border, resulting in explosions and a inferno, per a informed individual in Ukraine's Security Service.

This constitutes the 3rd intelligence far-reaching assault in Bashkortostan in the past month. Those strikes demonstrate that there are no safe places in the far hinterland of the Russian state.

Ukrainian President Calls On Trump to Facilitate Ceasefire in Ukraine

The Ukrainian leader urged Donald Trump to broker peace in Ukraine over a call on the weekend.

"Provided that a hostilities can be stopped in one region, then surely other wars can be halted as well, covering the Russian aggression," the President said, commending the US President's "remarkable" Gaza peace initiative and requesting the President to pressure the Moscow into negotiations.

Russian Assaults Claim Victims in the Country

Moscow's assaults on Ukrainian territory resulted in the deaths of 5 individuals on the weekend and disrupted electricity to parts of the southern Odesa region, as stated by authorities in Ukraine.

A pair of individuals were killed within a church in the town when it was targeted, according to municipal sources.

In the Russian border region of the Belgorod region, a lorry operator was fatally wounded by a drone assault, as stated by municipal sources.

Energy Recovery Work in the Capital

Efforts proceeded on Saturday to restore power in the Ukrainian capital, after assaults.

Electricity had been restored to in excess of 800,000 citizens by the weekend and the major power firm stated the main operations to recover electricity was complete though some outages persisted.

Anti-Aircraft Efforts and Drone Jamming

The Ukrainian air defences downed or disrupted 54 of 78 total enemy drones launched against the country during the night, the air force reported on Saturday.

Russia's defense officials claimed it intercepted forty-two drones over Russian territory.

Cuba Refutes Allegations of Sending Soldiers to the War

The Cuban government on the weekend rejected American assertions it has deployed soldiers to participate in the conflict in Ukraine, while stating officials in Havana "do not have accurate data about citizens of Cuba" participating "independently" or "in the military forces of both sides".

The government department in the capital announced 26 nationals had been sentenced to jail sentences varying between 5 to 14 years for mercenary involvement since the autumn of 2023 when information circulated of Cuban nationals being dispatched to the frontlines in Ukraine.

I Want to Live Project Reveals Information on Cuban Involvement

I Want to Live, a official Kyiv project that urges adversaries to give up, reported in May: "We have confirmed the personal data of over a thousand individuals who enlisted with the Russian military in 2023-2024."

The government in Havana stated of Cuban nationals who might be engaged: "Undeniably that not a single one have the support, commitment, or authorization of the Cuban state for their activities."

Relatives of Cuban nationals who departed to the Russian Federation in 2023 informed Agence France-Presse at the time that their loved ones had been tricked into joining through promotions on social media.