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Ukrainian UAVs have targeted Russia's oil facility in the city of Ufa, situated around 1,400 kilometres from the Ukrainian border, triggering blasts and a inferno, as reported by a informed individual in the Ukrainian SBU.

This marks the 3rd Ukrainian security service deep strike in Bashkortostan in the recent weeks. Such strikes illustrate that there are no protected areas in the distant backlines of the Russia.

Zelenskyy Appeals to Trump to Mediate Peace in Ukraine

The Ukrainian leader urged the US President to mediate a ceasefire in Ukraine over a telephone conversation on Saturday.

"If a hostilities can be ended in a particular zone, then certainly further hostilities can be stopped as well, including the Russian war," he said, praising the US President's "exceptional" Gaza ceasefire plan and requesting the American leader to influence the Kremlin into talks.

Russian Strikes Claim Casualties in the Country

Russian attacks on Ukraine resulted in the deaths of several civilians on Saturday and caused blackouts to areas of the south Odesa area, as stated by Ukrainian officials.

Two people died within a church in Kostyantynivka when it was targeted, per regional officials.

In Russia's frontier area of Belgorod, a truck driver was fatally wounded by a drone assault, as stated by municipal sources.

Electricity Restoration Operations in Kyiv

Efforts carried on on Saturday to recover electricity in the Ukrainian capital, after assaults.

Power had been restored to in excess of 800,000 residents by the weekend and the major private energy company stated the key work to restore power was concluded though some outages persisted.

Air Defence Efforts and Drone Jamming

Ukraine's defense forces downed or disrupted 54 of 78 enemy drones sent against Ukraine in the dark hours, the aerial defense command said on the weekend.

The Russian defence ministry claimed it intercepted 42 UAVs from Ukraine over Russian territory.

Cuban Government Rejects Allegations of Deploying Soldiers to Ukraine

Cuba on the weekend denied American allegations it has deployed soldiers to participate in the hostilities, while affirming Cuban authorities "lack exact data about citizens of Cuba" involved "voluntarily" or "as part of the armed units of either party".

The government department in the capital stated 26 Cubans had been given prison terms to jail sentences varying between five up to fourteen years for mercenary involvement since the autumn of 2023 when information emerged of Cuban nationals being deployed to the battlefield in the conflict.

Surrender Initiative Project Reveals Data on Cuban National Enlistment

The surrender initiative, a Ukrainian government initiative that encourages adversaries to lay down arms, stated in May: "We reliably know the identities and information of over a thousand Cubans who signed contracts with the Russian armed forces in the past two years."

The government in Havana commented of Cubans who might be involved: "There is no doubt that none of them has the backing, commitment, or authorization of the government in Havana for their activities."

Kin of Cuban nationals who traveled to the Russian Federation in 2023 told news outlets at the time that their family members had been tricked into joining through advertisements on online platforms.