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Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles have targeted the Russian oil processing plant in the city of Ufa, located approximately 1,400 kilometers from the Ukrainian border, causing blasts and a fire, per a insider in Ukraine's Security Service.

This represents the 3rd intelligence long-range attack in Bashkortostan in the recent weeks. Those attacks show that there are no protected areas in the distant backlines of the Russian state.

Ukrainian President Appeals to Trump to Broker Truce in the Conflict

Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged President Trump to facilitate a truce in Ukraine over a telephone conversation on the weekend.

"When a hostilities can be stopped in a single area, then undoubtedly other wars can be stopped as well, covering the Russian war," Zelenskyy stated, praising Trump's "remarkable" Gaza ceasefire plan and requesting the American leader to compel the Kremlin into discussions.

Russian Strikes Claim Victims in the Country

Moscow's assaults on Ukrainian territory resulted in the deaths of five people on Saturday and disrupted electricity to areas of the southern Odesa region, according to authorities in Ukraine.

Two civilians were killed within a religious building in the town when it was struck, as reported by municipal sources.

In the Russian border region of the Belgorod region, a lorry operator was killed by a drone assault, according to local officials.

Electricity Restoration Work in Kyiv

Operations carried on on Saturday to restore power in the Ukrainian capital, after Russian attacks.

Power had been restored to more than 800,000 citizens by the weekend and the largest private energy company stated the primary operations to repair the grid was finished though some outages remained.

Anti-Aircraft Efforts and UAV Jamming

Ukraine's air defences intercepted or jammed 54 out of 78 total UAVs from Russia launched against Ukraine during the night, the aerial defense command announced on the weekend.

Russia's military authorities said it eliminated forty-two Ukrainian drones over Russian territory.

Cuban Government Rejects Accusations of Providing Soldiers to Ukraine

The Cuban government on the weekend refuted American allegations it has deployed soldiers to fight in the conflict in Ukraine, while affirming officials in Havana "lack accurate information about Cuban nationals" engaged "independently" or "within the troops of the conflicting parties".

The ministry in the capital announced twenty-six Cubans had been convicted to incarceration varying between 5 to 14 years for participating as mercenaries since last September when reports emerged of individuals being dispatched to the frontlines in the conflict.

Surrender Initiative Project Reports Details on Cuban National Enlistment

I Want to Live, a official Kyiv program that promotes adversaries to lay down arms, reported in spring: "We have confirmed the identities and information of one thousand and twenty-eight individuals who signed contracts with the Russian armed forces in recently."

The Cuban authorities said of Cubans who might be engaged: "Undeniably that not a single one possesses the support, commitment, or authorization of the Cuban authorities for their activities."

Relatives of individuals who departed to Russia in 2023 told Agence France-Presse at the time that their family members had been deceptively recruited through advertisements on digital networks.