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Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles have hit Russia's Bashneft refinery in the city of Ufa, positioned some 1,400 kilometers from the Ukrainian border, causing blasts and a blaze, as reported by a informed individual in the Ukrainian intelligence agency.

This constitutes the third Ukrainian security service deep strike in Bashkortostan in the recent weeks. Those attacks illustrate that there are no safe places in the far hinterland of the Russian Federation.

Zelenskyy Appeals to Trump to Broker Truce in Ukraine

President Zelenskyy called on the US President to mediate a ceasefire in the Ukrainian conflict in a telephone conversation on the weekend.

"Provided that a war can be halted in one region, then surely further hostilities can be halted as well, encompassing the Russian war," he remarked, hailing Trump's "outstanding" Middle East peace initiative and urging the American leader to pressure the Kremlin into talks.

Moscow's Attacks Take Victims in Ukraine

Russian attacks on Ukrainian territory killed at least 5 individuals on the weekend and disrupted electricity to parts of the south Odesa oblast, according to authorities in Ukraine.

A pair of individuals were killed inside a church in the town when it was targeted, according to municipal sources.

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

Electricity Repair Operations in Kyiv

Operations continued on Saturday to recover electricity in Kyiv, after Russian attacks.

Energy had been recovered to in excess of 800,000 residents by the weekend and the biggest private energy company said the key work to recover electricity was complete though partial blackouts persisted.

Air Defence Actions and UAV Interceptions

The Ukrainian anti-aircraft systems neutralized 54 of seventy-eight UAVs from Russia launched targeting the country during the night, the aerial defense command reported on the weekend.

Russia's military authorities said it shot down forty-two drones over Russian territory.

Cuban Government Denies Accusations of Deploying Forces to Ukraine

Havana on Saturday refuted American assertions it has provided soldiers to engage in the Ukraine war, while affirming the government "do not have precise details about citizens of Cuba" participating "independently" or "in the military forces of both sides".

The foreign ministry in the capital stated twenty-six Cuban citizens had been convicted to prison terms from five up to fourteen years for mercenary involvement since the autumn of 2023 when information spread of individuals being deployed to the frontlines in Ukraine.

Surrender Initiative Program Reveals Details on Cuban Recruitment

I Want to Live, a official Kyiv project that promotes adversaries to surrender, reported in May: "Our information indicates the names and personal details of over a thousand individuals who enlisted with the Moscow's troops in the past two years."

The government in Havana stated of those who might be involved: "There is no doubt that no individual have the encouragement, dedication, or authorization of the Cuban state for their activities."

Family members of Cuban nationals who left for the Russian Federation in the year informed Agence France-Presse at the time that their family members had been deceptively recruited through ads on online platforms.