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Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles have targeted Russia's oil facility in the city of Ufa, positioned some 1,400 km from Ukraine, resulting in detonations and a fire, as reported by a source in the Ukrainian intelligence agency.

This constitutes the third intelligence long-range attack in Bashkortostan in the last month. Those attacks illustrate that there are no secure zones in the deep rear of the Russian state.

Zelenskyy Urges US President to Mediate Ceasefire in Ukraine

President Zelenskyy urged President Trump to broker peace in the Ukrainian conflict during a telephone conversation on the weekend.

"Provided that a conflict can be stopped in a particular zone, then undoubtedly further hostilities can be stopped as well, covering the Russian war," the President stated, commending Trump's "remarkable" Gaza peace initiative and urging the President to influence the Kremlin into negotiations.

Moscow's Attacks Take Victims in Ukraine

Moscow's assaults on Ukraine claimed the lives of five people on the weekend and disrupted electricity to sections of Ukraine's south Odesa region, as stated by authorities in Ukraine.

A pair of individuals were killed within a religious building in the town when it was targeted, as reported by regional officials.

In Russia's adjacent territory of the Belgorod region, a vehicle operator was lost his life by a drone assault, according to municipal sources.

Energy Recovery Efforts in Kyiv

Work carried on on the weekend to repair energy infrastructure in Kyiv, after assaults.

Power had been recovered to more than 800,000 residents by Saturday and the largest utility provider said the primary operations to repair the grid was complete though certain disruptions continued.

Air Defence Efforts and Drone Jamming

The Ukrainian air defences neutralized 54 out of seventy-eight Russian drones deployed targeting the country during the night, the military reported on Saturday.

The Russian military authorities stated it eliminated forty-two Ukrainian drones over the country's airspace.

Cuban Government Rejects Allegations of Sending Troops to Ukraine

Cuba on the weekend rejected American assertions it has sent soldiers to engage in the Ukraine war, while stating officials in Havana "lack precise data about Cuban nationals" 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 incarceration varying between five to 14 years for mercenary activity since last September when reports spread of Cubans being deployed to the battlefield in the conflict.

Surrender Initiative Initiative Discloses Details on Cuban Involvement

I Want to Live, a state program that promotes opposing fighters to surrender, stated in May: "Our information indicates the names and personal details of one thousand and twenty-eight Cuban nationals who entered into agreements with the Russian armed forces in 2023-2024."

The Cuban foreign ministry stated of Cubans who might be involved: "There is no doubt that no individual has the backing, allegiance, or consent of the Cuban state for their activities."

Relatives of Cuban nationals who left for Russia in 2023 reported to Agence France-Presse at the time that their family members had been misled into enlisting through ads on online platforms.