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Ukraine's drones have struck Russia's oil facility in Ufa, located approximately 1,400 kilometres from the Ukrainian border, triggering blasts and a blaze, as reported by a insider in the Ukrainian SBU.

This represents the latest intelligence far-reaching assault in Bashkortostan in the past month. Those operations illustrate that there are no safe places in the distant backlines of the Russia.

Zelenskyy Appeals to US President to Mediate Peace in Ukraine

Volodymyr Zelenskyy called on President Trump to broker peace in the Ukrainian conflict in a phone call on Saturday.

"Provided that a conflict can be ended in a particular zone, then surely other wars can be halted as well, encompassing the Russian war," the President remarked, commending Trump's "remarkable" Middle East truce proposal and calling for the American leader to pressure the Russian government into discussions.

Russian Assaults Claim Lives in the Country

Moscow's assaults on Ukraine killed at least 5 individuals on Saturday and caused blackouts to sections of Ukraine's south Odesa region, per authorities in Ukraine.

A pair of individuals were killed in a religious building in the town when it was hit, per municipal sources.

In Russia's adjacent territory of the Belgorod region, a vehicle operator was killed by a drone assault, per local officials.

Power Recovery Operations in Kyiv

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

Power had been restored to over 800,000 citizens by the weekend and the major power firm said the key efforts to repair the grid was concluded though partial blackouts continued.

Anti-Aircraft Operations and UAV Downings

The Ukrainian defense forces downed or disrupted fifty-four of 78 Russian drones launched against the country in the dark hours, the military said on the weekend.

Russia's military authorities claimed it intercepted 42 enemy Ukrainian drones over the country's airspace.

Cuba Denies Accusations of Providing Forces to the War

Havana on Saturday refuted US assertions it has deployed military personnel to fight in the conflict in Ukraine, while stating officials in Havana "are without accurate data about citizens of Cuba" engaged "independently" or "within the troops of the conflicting parties".

The ministry in Havana stated 26 Cuban citizens had been convicted to jail sentences varying between 5 to 14 years for mercenary activity since September 2023 when news emerged of individuals being dispatched to the front in Ukraine.

Surrender Initiative Project Reveals Information on Cuban National Recruitment

I Want to Live, a official Kyiv initiative that urges opposing fighters to lay down arms, reported in May: "We reliably know the identities and information of 1,028 Cuban nationals who entered into agreements with the Moscow's troops in recently."

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

Family members of Cubans who departed to Russia in the year told Agence France-Presse at the time that their family members had been misled into enlisting through ads on social media.