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Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles have targeted Russia's oil processing plant in Ufa, positioned around 1,400 km from the Ukrainian border, triggering detonations and a fire, per a source in the Ukrainian Security Service.

This constitutes the latest SBU far-reaching assault in the region in the past month. These attacks illustrate that there are no secure zones in the distant backlines of the Russian Federation.

Zelenskyy Appeals to US President to Mediate Peace in the Conflict

President Zelenskyy called on President Trump to facilitate a truce in the Ukrainian conflict during a call on the weekend.

"When a war can be stopped in a single area, then undoubtedly further hostilities can be stopped as well, including the conflict with Russia," the President remarked, praising the US President's "outstanding" Gaza ceasefire plan and calling for the President to influence the Kremlin into talks.

Russian Assaults Kill Victims in the Country

Strikes by Russia on Ukrainian territory resulted in the deaths of five people on Saturday and cut power to parts of Ukraine's southern Odesa area, according to authorities in Ukraine.

Two people died inside a church in Kostyantynivka when it was struck, according to regional officials.

In Russia's frontier area of the Belgorod region, a vehicle operator was lost his life by a Ukrainian strike, per municipal sources.

Electricity Restoration Work in Kyiv

Efforts carried on on the weekend to restore power in Kyiv, after strikes by Moscow.

Power had been recovered to over 800,000 residents by Saturday and the biggest private energy company stated the key work to repair the grid was concluded though partial blackouts continued.

Air Defence Operations and UAV Jamming

The Ukrainian air defences neutralized fifty-four of 78 total Russian drones launched towards the country overnight, the air force reported on the weekend.

Russia's military authorities claimed it intercepted forty-two drones over the country's airspace.

Cuba Rejects Accusations of Providing Troops to Ukraine

The Cuban government on Saturday rejected US claims it has provided soldiers to participate in the hostilities, while stating officials in Havana "lack accurate details about individuals" involved "voluntarily" or "within the troops of the conflicting parties".

The government department in Havana said twenty-six Cubans had been given prison terms to jail sentences from five up to fourteen years for participating as mercenaries since last September when news spread of Cubans being dispatched to the front in Ukraine.

Surrender Initiative Program Discloses Details on Cuban National Involvement

I Want to Live, a official Kyiv project that encourages opposing fighters to surrender, reported in May: "We have confirmed the identities and information of over a thousand individuals who signed contracts with the Russian armed forces in the past two years."

The Cuban foreign ministry commented of Cuban nationals who might be involved: "There is no doubt that no individual have the encouragement, dedication, or authorization of the Cuban authorities for their involvement."

Relatives of Cuban nationals who traveled to Russia in the year informed news outlets at the time that their loved ones had been deceptively recruited through ads on digital networks.