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Ukraine's UAVs have targeted the Russian oil facility in Ufa, positioned approximately 1,400 kilometers from the Ukrainian border, triggering detonations and a inferno, as reported by a informed individual in the Ukrainian intelligence agency.

This represents the latest Ukrainian security service far-reaching assault in Bashkortostan in the last month. Such strikes show that there are no safe places in the far hinterland of the Russian state.

Ukrainian President Appeals to Trump to Mediate Truce in the Conflict

Volodymyr Zelenskyy called on the US President to broker peace in Ukraine during a call on Saturday.

"Provided that a war can be ended in a particular zone, then certainly other wars can be ended as well, covering the conflict with Russia," Zelenskyy remarked, commending the US President's "remarkable" Middle East truce proposal and calling for the President to influence the Kremlin into talks.

Moscow's Assaults Kill Victims in Ukraine

Russian attacks on Ukraine killed at least several civilians on the weekend and disrupted electricity to areas of the southern Odesa region, according to authorities in Ukraine.

Two people were killed inside a religious building in Kostyantynivka when it was targeted, according to local authorities.

In Russia's border region of Belgorod, a truck driver was lost his life by a attack from Ukraine, as stated by regional authorities.

Power Recovery Efforts in the Capital

Work carried on on Saturday to recover electricity in Kyiv, after assaults.

Power had been recovered to more than 800,000 inhabitants by Saturday and the major utility provider stated the primary work to repair the grid was complete though certain disruptions persisted.

Air Defence Actions and Drone Jamming

Ukraine's anti-aircraft systems downed or disrupted fifty-four of seventy-eight Russian drones launched targeting Ukraine in the dark hours, the military announced on the weekend.

Russia's defense officials stated it intercepted 42 enemy drones over the country's airspace.

Cuba Rejects Claims of Sending Forces to Ukraine

Cuba on Saturday rejected American claims it has provided military personnel to engage in the conflict in Ukraine, while declaring the government "lack accurate details about citizens of Cuba" involved "on their own" or "as part of the armed units of the conflicting parties".

The foreign ministry in the capital announced twenty-six nationals had been sentenced to prison terms ranging from five up to fourteen years for mercenary involvement since last September when information spread of Cuban nationals being dispatched to the battlefield in the conflict.

I Want to Live Program Reveals Information on Cuban National Enlistment

The surrender initiative, a official Kyiv project that urges opposing fighters to surrender, said in May: "Our information indicates the personal data of 1,028 Cuban nationals who entered into agreements with the Russian military in the past two years."

The government in Havana said of those who might be participating: "It is irrefutable that no individual has the encouragement, allegiance, or approval of the Cuban authorities for their activities."

Kin of Cuban nationals who left for the Russian Federation in 2023 told international media at the time that their relatives had been misled into enlisting through ads on social media.