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Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles have struck the Russian oil processing plant in Ufa, positioned some 1,400 kilometres from Ukraine, triggering explosions and a inferno, as reported by a informed individual in Ukraine's SBU.

This marks the third Ukrainian security service far-reaching assault in Bashkortostan in the past month. These attacks illustrate that there are no protected areas in the deep rear of the Russia.

Ukrainian President Calls On Trump to Mediate Truce in the Conflict

The Ukrainian leader appealed to Donald Trump to broker peace in Ukraine over a phone call on the weekend.

"Provided that a conflict can be halted in a particular zone, then certainly additional conflicts can be ended as well, including the Russian war," Zelenskyy remarked, hailing Trump's "exceptional" Gaza truce proposal and calling for the President to pressure the Kremlin into talks.

Moscow's Assaults Claim Victims in the Country

Russian attacks on Ukraine claimed the lives of 5 individuals on Saturday and caused blackouts to areas of Ukraine's southern Odesa area, per local sources.

Two civilians were killed in a church in Kostyantynivka when it was struck, per regional officials.

In the Russian adjacent territory of the Belgorod region, a vehicle operator was fatally wounded by a Ukrainian strike, per local officials.

Energy Restoration Efforts in Kyiv

Efforts carried on on Saturday to recover electricity in the Ukrainian capital, after assaults.

Energy had been restored to over 800,000 citizens by Saturday and the biggest private energy company announced the primary operations to restore power was finished though partial blackouts remained.

Anti-Aircraft Efforts and Drone Downings

The Ukrainian air defences downed or disrupted 54 out of 78 total enemy drones deployed against Ukraine overnight, the aerial defense command reported on the weekend.

The Russian defence ministry claimed it shot down forty-two UAVs from Ukraine over Russian territory.

Cuban Government Refutes Claims of Providing Forces to Ukraine

Havana on Saturday refuted US assertions it has provided military personnel to participate in the hostilities, while declaring officials in Havana "lack precise information about individuals" participating "independently" or "in the military forces of the conflicting parties".

The foreign ministry in Havana announced 26 Cuban citizens had been convicted to prison terms ranging from five to 14 years for participating as mercenaries since last September when news spread of Cubans being deployed to the battlefield in the conflict.

Surrender Initiative Project Reveals Details on Cuban Enlistment

I Want to Live, a Ukrainian government program that urges adversaries to give up, said in May: "Our information indicates the identities and information of over a thousand individuals who enlisted with the Moscow's troops in the past two years."

The Cuban authorities commented of those who might be engaged: "It is irrefutable that not a single one has the support, commitment, or authorization of the government in Havana for their actions."

Relatives of individuals who left for Russia in 2023 told news outlets at the time that their relatives had been tricked into joining through promotions on social media.