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Ukrainian drones have struck Russia's oil facility in the city of Ufa, located approximately 1,400 km from the Ukrainian border, causing explosions and a blaze, as reported by a informed individual in the Ukrainian Security Service.

This constitutes the latest SBU long-range attack in Bashkortostan in the past month. Those strikes illustrate that there are no safe places in the distant backlines of the Russian state.

Zelenskyy Urges US President to Facilitate Ceasefire in Ukraine

The Ukrainian leader appealed to President Trump to broker peace in Ukraine during a call on the weekend.

"When a conflict can be ended in a particular zone, then surely further hostilities can be halted as well, encompassing the Russian war," he stated, hailing the US President's "exceptional" Gaza peace initiative and requesting the American leader to influence the Russian government into negotiations.

Russian Assaults Take Casualties in Ukraine

Russian attacks on Ukraine resulted in the deaths of 5 individuals on the weekend and disrupted electricity to sections of the southern Odesa oblast, per Ukrainian officials.

A pair of individuals died within a church in Kostyantynivka when it was struck, according to regional officials.

In the Russian border region of Belgorod, a truck driver was killed by a attack from Ukraine, as stated by local officials.

Power Recovery Efforts in Kyiv

Operations carried on on the weekend to repair energy infrastructure in Kyiv, after Russian attacks.

Power had been recovered to in excess of 800,000 citizens by the weekend and the biggest power firm announced the primary operations to restore power was complete though some outages continued.

Anti-Aircraft Operations and Drone Downings

Ukraine's air defences downed or disrupted fifty-four of 78 UAVs from Russia deployed against Ukraine in the dark hours, the military announced on Saturday.

The Russian military authorities claimed it shot down forty-two drones over the country's airspace.

Cuba Refutes Claims of Providing Soldiers to the War

Havana on Saturday denied US claims it has provided soldiers to participate in the Ukraine war, while stating Cuban authorities "lack exact data about citizens of Cuba" involved "voluntarily" or "within the troops of the conflicting parties".

The foreign ministry in Havana announced twenty-six nationals had been convicted to incarceration from 5 to 14 years for mercenary activity since September 2023 when information spread of Cubans being dispatched to the frontlines in Ukraine.

I Want to Live Project Discloses Data on Cuban National Enlistment

I Want to Live, a state project that urges adversaries to surrender, said in May: "We have confirmed the personal data of 1,028 individuals who enlisted with the Moscow's troops in recently."

The Cuban authorities said of Cuban nationals who might be involved: "It is irrefutable that no individual has the backing, allegiance, or authorization of the Cuban authorities for their involvement."

Kin of Cuban nationals who departed to Russia in 2023 informed international media at the time that their family members had been misled into enlisting through ads on digital networks.