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Ukraine's unmanned aerial vehicles have targeted the Russian Bashneft facility in the city of Ufa, positioned some 1,400 kilometres from Ukraine, causing detonations and a inferno, per a insider in Ukraine's Security Service.

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

Zelenskyy Calls On Trump to Mediate Ceasefire in the Conflict

Volodymyr Zelenskyy called on the US President to facilitate a truce in Ukraine during a phone call on Saturday.

"Provided that a conflict can be ended in one region, then certainly additional conflicts can be halted as well, including the Russian aggression," he stated, hailing the US President's "remarkable" Gaza truce proposal and calling for the President to compel the Moscow into negotiations.

Russian Strikes Take Victims in the Country

Russian attacks on Ukraine claimed the lives of several civilians on the weekend and caused blackouts to areas of the southern Odesa region, as stated by authorities in Ukraine.

A pair of individuals lost their lives in a church in the town when it was struck, according to local authorities.

In the Russian frontier area of the Belgorod region, a vehicle operator was fatally wounded by a attack from Ukraine, per municipal sources.

Power Recovery Efforts in the Capital

Operations carried on on the weekend to recover electricity in the Ukrainian capital, after Russian attacks.

Power had been returned to in excess of 800,000 residents by the weekend and the biggest utility provider stated the primary work to repair the grid was concluded though partial blackouts remained.

Anti-Aircraft Operations and UAV Interceptions

Ukraine's air defences downed or disrupted fifty-four of seventy-eight enemy drones launched towards Ukraine in the dark hours, the military reported on Saturday.

Russia's defence ministry said it intercepted 42 enemy drones over its own soil.

Cuban Government Denies Allegations of Sending Forces to the War

Havana on the weekend denied US assertions it has deployed troops to fight in the conflict in Ukraine, while affirming the government "are without accurate details about individuals" participating "on their own" or "within the troops of both sides".

The ministry in Havana stated twenty-six Cubans had been sentenced to prison terms varying between five up to fourteen years for mercenary activity since September 2023 when news emerged of Cubans being dispatched to the frontlines in Ukraine.

Surrender Initiative Initiative Reveals Details on Cuban National Enlistment

The program, a Ukrainian government initiative that urges enemy combatants to give up, reported in May: "We have confirmed the personal data of one thousand and twenty-eight Cuban nationals who enlisted with the Russian military in recently."

The Cuban foreign ministry said of those who might be involved: "Undeniably that not a single one have the backing, dedication, or approval of the government in Havana for their actions."

Family members of Cubans who departed to Russia in 2023 told news outlets at the time that their relatives had been deceptively recruited through advertisements on social media.