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Ukrainian drones have targeted Russia's oil refinery in the city of Ufa, situated approximately 1,400 km from Ukraine, resulting in explosions and a inferno, per a insider in the Ukrainian intelligence agency.

This constitutes the third SBU long-range attack in Bashkortostan in the past month. These strikes show that there are no protected areas in the distant backlines of the Russian state.

Ukrainian President Urges US President to Mediate Peace in the Conflict

The Ukrainian leader appealed to President Trump to facilitate a truce in Ukraine over a telephone conversation on the weekend.

"Provided that a war can be stopped in one region, then surely additional conflicts can be stopped as well, including the conflict with Russia," Zelenskyy remarked, hailing the US President's "outstanding" Middle East peace initiative and calling for the President to influence the Moscow into talks.

Moscow's Attacks Kill Lives in Ukraine

Strikes by Russia on Ukrainian territory resulted in the deaths of 5 individuals on the weekend and cut power to areas of the southern Odesa region, according to Ukrainian officials.

A pair of individuals were killed inside a church in the town when it was hit, per local authorities.

In the Russian border region of the Belgorod region, a lorry operator was lost his life by a attack from Ukraine, per municipal sources.

Power Repair Efforts in Kyiv

Efforts proceeded on the weekend to recover electricity in the Ukrainian capital, after assaults.

Energy had been restored to more than 800,000 residents by the weekend and the biggest utility provider stated the key operations to recover electricity was concluded though some outages continued.

Air Defence Actions and UAV Downings

Ukraine's anti-aircraft systems neutralized 54 out of seventy-eight Russian drones deployed targeting the country in the dark hours, the air force reported on Saturday.

Russia's military authorities said it shot down 42 enemy UAVs from Ukraine over its own soil.

Cuban Government Denies Allegations of Deploying Troops to the War

The Cuban government on Saturday refuted US assertions it has provided military personnel to engage in the hostilities, while stating officials in Havana "lack exact information about Cuban nationals" involved "voluntarily" or "within the troops of either party".

The government department in the capital announced twenty-six Cuban citizens had been given prison terms to jail sentences ranging from 5 to 14 years for mercenary involvement since September 2023 when news spread of Cubans being deployed to the front in Ukraine.

Surrender Initiative Project Discloses Details on Cuban National Involvement

I Want to Live, a Ukrainian government project that encourages opposing fighters to lay down arms, said in May: "We have confirmed the identities and information of over a thousand Cubans who entered into agreements with the Russian military in the past two years."

The Cuban foreign ministry said of Cuban nationals who might be engaged: "Undeniably that not a single one has the encouragement, allegiance, or approval of the Cuban state for their involvement."

Kin of individuals who traveled to Russia in 2023 reported to Agence France-Presse at the time that their loved ones had been misled into enlisting through promotions on digital networks.