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Ukrainian UAVs have targeted the Russian oil processing plant in the city of Ufa, located around 1,400 km from Ukraine, triggering blasts and a fire, as reported by a insider in the Ukrainian Security Service.

This represents the latest Ukrainian security service deep strike in Bashkortostan in the last month. Those strikes demonstrate that there are no safe places in the far hinterland of the Russian state.

Zelenskyy Calls On Trump to Facilitate Truce in the Conflict

Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged Donald Trump to broker peace in the Ukrainian conflict over a phone call on Saturday.

"If a hostilities can be halted in one region, then certainly other wars can be stopped as well, covering the conflict with Russia," the President remarked, praising Trump's "remarkable" Gaza ceasefire plan and urging the President to influence the Moscow into talks.

Russian Strikes Take Victims in Ukraine

Strikes by Russia on Ukraine resulted in the deaths of several civilians on the weekend and caused blackouts to parts of Ukraine's south Odesa region, per local sources.

Two civilians died inside a church in the town when it was hit, as reported by municipal sources.

In the Russian adjacent territory of the Belgorod region, a lorry operator was lost his life by a Ukrainian strike, according to regional authorities.

Energy Recovery Efforts in the Capital

Operations continued on Saturday to recover electricity in the Ukrainian capital, after Russian attacks.

Electricity had been restored to in excess of 800,000 residents by the weekend and the biggest private energy company announced the key operations to restore power was complete though partial blackouts remained.

Anti-Aircraft Actions and Drone Jamming

The Ukrainian air defences neutralized 54 out of 78 UAVs from Russia sent towards the country during the night, the air force announced on Saturday.

Russia's defence ministry claimed it intercepted forty-two UAVs from Ukraine over Russian territory.

Cuba Denies Allegations of Sending Troops to the War

Cuba on the weekend rejected American assertions it has deployed soldiers to participate in the hostilities, while stating officials in Havana "lack exact details about citizens of Cuba" involved "independently" or "as part of the armed units of either party".

The government department in Havana stated 26 nationals had been convicted to jail sentences ranging from five up to fourteen years for mercenary activity since the autumn of 2023 when reports circulated of Cuban nationals being sent to the frontlines in the conflict.

I Want to Live Program Reveals Information on Cuban Recruitment

The surrender initiative, a state initiative that encourages adversaries to lay down arms, reported in May: "Our information indicates the personal data of one thousand and twenty-eight Cubans who signed contracts with the Russian military in recently."

The Cuban foreign ministry said of Cuban nationals who might be involved: "It is irrefutable that none of them possesses the support, dedication, or approval of the Cuban authorities for their actions."

Relatives of individuals 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.