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Ukrainian UAVs have struck the Russian oil refinery in the city of Ufa, situated around 1,400 kilometers from the Ukrainian border, triggering detonations and a fire, as reported by a insider in Ukraine's intelligence agency.

This constitutes the latest Ukrainian security service long-range attack in Bashkortostan in the past month. Those attacks demonstrate that there are no protected areas in the deep rear of the Russian Federation.

Zelenskyy Calls On US President to Facilitate Truce in Ukraine

The Ukrainian leader called on Donald Trump to facilitate a truce in Ukraine over a phone call on the weekend.

"Provided that a conflict can be ended in a particular zone, then undoubtedly additional conflicts can be halted as well, including the Russian aggression," Zelenskyy stated, praising the US President's "remarkable" Middle East ceasefire plan and calling for the US president to influence the Kremlin into negotiations.

Moscow's Attacks Claim Victims in Ukraine

Russian attacks on Ukraine claimed the lives of 5 individuals on the weekend and cut power to parts of the south Odesa region, per authorities in Ukraine.

A pair of individuals lost their lives inside a church in Kostyantynivka when it was hit, as reported by municipal sources.

In the Russian border region of the Belgorod region, a lorry operator was fatally wounded by a Ukrainian strike, as stated by local officials.

Electricity Repair Operations in the Capital

Operations continued on Saturday to repair energy infrastructure in Kyiv, after assaults.

Electricity had been returned to in excess of 800,000 inhabitants by the weekend and the major power firm announced the primary operations to repair the grid was complete though some outages continued.

Air Defence Operations and UAV Interceptions

The Ukrainian air defences intercepted or jammed fifty-four of 78 total Russian drones deployed towards the country overnight, the air force announced on the weekend.

Russia's military authorities claimed it intercepted 42 drones over Russian territory.

Cuba Refutes Accusations of Providing Soldiers to the War

Havana on the weekend rejected American claims it has deployed military personnel to engage in the conflict in Ukraine, while declaring Cuban authorities "do not have exact data about individuals" involved "independently" or "within the troops of both sides".

The government department in the capital said twenty-six Cubans had been given prison terms to incarceration from five up to fourteen years for mercenary involvement since September 2023 when news emerged of Cubans being dispatched to the battlefield in the conflict.

Surrender Initiative Program Discloses Data on Cuban Involvement

The surrender initiative, a official Kyiv program that urges enemy combatants to give up, stated in May: "We reliably know the names and personal details of 1,028 individuals who entered into agreements with the Russian military in the past two years."

The Cuban foreign ministry stated of Cuban nationals who might be involved: "Undeniably that not a single one possesses the backing, commitment, or authorization of the Cuban state for their involvement."

Relatives of individuals who traveled to Russia in the year informed Agence France-Presse at the time that their relatives had been deceptively recruited through advertisements on digital networks.