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Ukraine's UAVs have targeted the Russian oil processing plant in Ufa, positioned around 1,400 kilometres from the Ukrainian border, resulting in detonations and a blaze, as reported by a insider in the Ukrainian SBU.

This constitutes the 3rd Ukrainian security service deep strike in the region in the last month. Those operations illustrate that there are no safe places in the deep rear of the Russian Federation.

Zelenskyy Urges US President to Broker Peace in Ukraine

President Zelenskyy appealed to President Trump to broker peace in the Ukrainian conflict in a call on the weekend.

"Provided that a war can be halted in a particular zone, then certainly other wars can be halted as well, including the Russian war," Zelenskyy stated, commending the US President's "remarkable" Middle East truce proposal and requesting the President to compel the Moscow into talks.

Russian Attacks Kill Casualties in the Country

Strikes by Russia on Ukrainian territory resulted in the deaths of several civilians on the weekend and caused blackouts to areas of Ukraine's south Odesa area, according to authorities in Ukraine.

Two civilians were killed in a religious building in the town when it was targeted, as reported by regional officials.

In the Russian adjacent territory of Belgorod, a vehicle operator was lost his life by a Ukrainian strike, according to municipal sources.

Energy Recovery Work in Kyiv

Work carried on on Saturday to recover electricity in Kyiv, after Russian attacks.

Energy had been recovered to more than 800,000 residents by Saturday and the major private energy company said the primary efforts to repair the grid was complete though certain disruptions persisted.

Air Defence Actions and Drone Downings

The Ukrainian defense forces intercepted or jammed fifty-four of 78 enemy drones deployed against Ukraine in the dark hours, the aerial defense command said on the weekend.

Russia's defence ministry said it shot down 42 enemy Ukrainian drones over the country's airspace.

Cuba Refutes Allegations of Providing Troops to Ukraine

Cuba on Saturday denied American claims it has sent military personnel to participate in the conflict in Ukraine, while stating officials in Havana "lack exact information about Cuban nationals" participating "independently" or "as part of the armed units of either party".

The foreign ministry in the capital said twenty-six Cubans had been given prison terms to jail sentences from five to 14 years for mercenary activity since the autumn of 2023 when reports circulated of Cuban nationals being deployed to the battlefield in the conflict.

I Want to Live Program Reports Data on Cuban Recruitment

The program, a official Kyiv program that promotes enemy combatants to lay down arms, said in spring: "We reliably know the personal data of one thousand and twenty-eight Cuban nationals who signed contracts with the Moscow's troops in the past two years."

The Cuban foreign ministry commented of Cubans who might be participating: "Undeniably that not a single one have the encouragement, dedication, or consent of the Cuban authorities for their actions."

Relatives of individuals who departed to Russia in the year told international media at the time that their loved ones had been deceptively recruited through advertisements on social media.