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Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles have targeted Russia's oil facility in Ufa, situated approximately 1,400 kilometers from Ukraine, resulting in blasts and a fire, per a insider in Ukraine's intelligence agency.

This constitutes the 3rd intelligence long-range attack in the region in the past month. Such operations demonstrate that there are no secure zones in the distant backlines of the Russian state.

Zelenskyy Appeals to Trump to Facilitate Ceasefire in Ukraine

Volodymyr Zelenskyy appealed to the US President to mediate a ceasefire in Ukraine over a telephone conversation on the weekend.

"Provided that a war can be ended in a particular zone, then surely further hostilities can be ended as well, including the Russian war," he remarked, praising Trump's "exceptional" Middle East ceasefire plan and calling for the President to compel the Kremlin into negotiations.

Russian Strikes Take Casualties in the Country

Moscow's assaults on Ukrainian territory claimed the lives of several civilians on the weekend and disrupted electricity to areas of Ukraine's south Odesa oblast, as stated by authorities in Ukraine.

Two civilians were killed inside a religious building in Kostyantynivka when it was struck, according to local authorities.

In Russia's frontier area of Belgorod, a vehicle operator was killed by a drone assault, according to regional authorities.

Energy Recovery Work in Kyiv

Work carried on on Saturday to recover electricity in Kyiv, after strikes by Moscow.

Energy had been returned to over 800,000 citizens by Saturday and the largest utility provider stated the key efforts to restore power was complete though some outages persisted.

Anti-Aircraft Actions and Drone Jamming

The Ukrainian anti-aircraft systems intercepted or jammed 54 of seventy-eight enemy drones sent targeting Ukraine overnight, the aerial defense command reported on the weekend.

Russia's military authorities stated it eliminated 42 Ukrainian drones over the country's airspace.

Cuban Government Refutes Claims of Deploying Soldiers to Ukraine

The Cuban government on Saturday rejected US allegations it has deployed military personnel to participate in the hostilities, while stating officials in Havana "lack exact information about individuals" engaged "voluntarily" or "within the troops of the conflicting parties".

The ministry in the capital announced twenty-six Cubans had been convicted to jail sentences ranging from 5 to 14 years for mercenary involvement since the autumn of 2023 when reports spread of individuals being sent to the front in the conflict.

I Want to Live Program Discloses Details on Cuban Recruitment

I Want to Live, a official Kyiv project that encourages enemy combatants to give up, said in May: "Our information indicates the names and personal details of one thousand and twenty-eight Cuban nationals who signed contracts with the Russian military in recently."

The Cuban authorities said of Cubans who might be participating: "There is no doubt that none of them have the support, commitment, or approval of the government in Havana for their involvement."

Relatives of Cuban nationals who traveled to Russia in the year told news outlets at the time that their relatives had been deceptively recruited through ads on online platforms.