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Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles have hit the Russian oil processing plant in Ufa, located around 1,400 km from Ukraine, resulting in blasts and a blaze, as reported by a source in the Ukrainian intelligence agency.

This represents the 3rd SBU far-reaching assault in the region in the last month. Such operations demonstrate that there are no safe places in the deep rear of the Russian state.

Zelenskyy Calls On Trump to Mediate Truce in the Conflict

Volodymyr Zelenskyy called on the US President to broker peace in Ukraine over a call on Saturday.

"When a hostilities can be halted in a particular zone, then surely further hostilities can be stopped as well, covering the Russian aggression," the President remarked, commending the US President's "exceptional" Gaza ceasefire plan and urging the American leader to influence the Moscow into discussions.

Russian Attacks Take Lives in Ukraine

Moscow's assaults on Ukrainian territory claimed the lives of five people on the weekend and disrupted electricity to parts of the south Odesa oblast, according to Ukrainian officials.

Two people were killed in a place of worship in Kostyantynivka when it was hit, per municipal sources.

In the Russian border region of the Belgorod region, a lorry operator was fatally wounded by a attack from Ukraine, according to regional authorities.

Electricity Repair Operations in the Capital

Operations proceeded on the weekend to restore power in the Ukrainian capital, after assaults.

Energy had been returned to over 800,000 residents by Saturday and the major private energy company said the main efforts to restore power was concluded though certain disruptions persisted.

Air Defence Efforts and UAV Downings

Ukraine's defense forces intercepted or jammed 54 of 78 total Russian drones launched targeting the country in the dark hours, the air force announced on Saturday.

The Russian defense officials claimed it eliminated forty-two Ukrainian drones over Russian territory.

Cuban Government Refutes Claims of Providing Forces to the War

The Cuban government on Saturday rejected American assertions it has sent soldiers to fight in the Ukraine war, while stating the government "do not have exact information about Cuban nationals" participating "voluntarily" or "as part of the armed units of both sides".

The government department in Havana stated 26 nationals had been given prison terms to jail sentences varying between 5 to 14 years for mercenary involvement since September 2023 when reports circulated of Cuban nationals being dispatched to the battlefield in the conflict.

I Want to Live Program Reveals Details on Cuban National Recruitment

The program, a state initiative that encourages enemy combatants to surrender, stated in May: "We reliably know the names and personal details of over a thousand Cuban nationals who entered into agreements with the Russian military in recently."

The government in Havana stated of Cuban nationals who might be involved: "It is irrefutable that not a single one has the backing, commitment, or authorization of the government in Havana for their activities."

Relatives of individuals who departed to the Russian Federation in the year told international media at the time that their relatives had been misled into enlisting through ads on digital networks.