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Ukrainian UAVs have targeted the Russian oil facility in the city of Ufa, situated some 1,400 kilometres from Ukraine, causing detonations and a fire, per a insider in Ukraine's intelligence agency.

This represents the 3rd Ukrainian security service long-range attack in Bashkortostan in the past month. Those strikes illustrate that there are no secure zones in the deep rear of the Russian state.

Zelenskyy Urges Trump to Mediate Peace in Ukraine

The Ukrainian leader called on President Trump to facilitate a truce in the Ukrainian conflict in a telephone conversation on Saturday.

"When a war can be halted in a single area, then undoubtedly further hostilities can be ended as well, covering the Russian war," the President said, hailing Trump's "outstanding" Middle East ceasefire plan and urging the American leader to influence the Moscow into talks.

Russian Strikes Claim Lives in Ukraine

Moscow's assaults on Ukrainian territory killed at least several civilians on the weekend and cut power to sections of Ukraine's southern Odesa area, as stated by local sources.

Two people lost their lives inside a place of worship in the town when it was hit, according to local authorities.

In the Russian frontier area of the Belgorod region, a lorry operator was lost his life by a drone assault, as stated by regional authorities.

Energy Recovery Efforts in Kyiv

Operations continued on the weekend to repair energy infrastructure in the Ukrainian capital, after strikes by Moscow.

Power had been restored to over 800,000 residents by Saturday and the biggest private energy company stated the main efforts to recover electricity was finished though certain disruptions remained.

Air Defence Actions and Drone Downings

Ukraine's air defences intercepted or jammed 54 of seventy-eight UAVs from Russia deployed targeting Ukraine overnight, the military announced on Saturday.

Russia's defense officials claimed it shot down forty-two UAVs from Ukraine over its own soil.

Cuba Refutes Allegations of Providing Forces to Ukraine

Cuba on the weekend refuted US allegations it has sent military personnel to fight in the hostilities, while affirming Cuban authorities "do not have exact information about individuals" involved "voluntarily" or "within the troops of either party".

The government department in the capital announced 26 Cubans had been sentenced to incarceration varying between 5 to 14 years for mercenary activity since the autumn of 2023 when news spread of Cuban nationals being dispatched to the front in the conflict.

I Want to Live Project Reports Information on Cuban Enlistment

The program, a Ukrainian government program that promotes opposing fighters to lay down arms, said in spring: "We reliably know the names and personal details of over a thousand individuals who enlisted with the Russian armed forces in recently."

The Cuban foreign ministry stated of Cuban nationals who might be engaged: "There is no doubt that none of them have the support, commitment, or consent of the Cuban state for their activities."

Kin of Cuban nationals who departed to Russia in the year informed international media at the time that their relatives had been misled into enlisting through promotions on digital networks.