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Ukrainian UAVs have targeted the Russian oil facility in the city of Ufa, positioned around 1,400 kilometres from Ukraine, resulting in blasts and a fire, according to a insider in Ukraine's intelligence agency.

This represents the third Ukrainian security service long-range attack in the region in the last month. These attacks show that there are no secure zones in the deep rear of the Russia.

Ukrainian President Urges Trump to Facilitate Ceasefire in Ukraine

President Zelenskyy appealed to Donald Trump to broker peace in the Ukrainian conflict over a phone call on Saturday.

"If a hostilities can be stopped in one region, then undoubtedly additional conflicts can be ended as well, encompassing the conflict with Russia," he remarked, commending Trump's "exceptional" Gaza ceasefire plan and urging the President to compel the Moscow into discussions.

Russian Assaults Kill Casualties in Ukraine

Moscow's assaults on Ukrainian territory killed at least 5 individuals on Saturday and disrupted electricity to areas of the south Odesa oblast, per Ukrainian officials.

A pair of individuals died inside a church in the town when it was hit, per municipal sources.

In the Russian border region of Belgorod, a lorry operator was lost his life by a attack from Ukraine, per regional authorities.

Electricity Recovery Operations in Kyiv

Efforts continued on the weekend to recover electricity in the Ukrainian capital, after Russian attacks.

Energy had been returned to in excess of 800,000 inhabitants by Saturday and the largest private energy company said the main operations to recover electricity was finished though partial blackouts continued.

Anti-Aircraft Efforts and Drone Downings

The Ukrainian defense forces downed or disrupted 54 of 78 total UAVs from Russia deployed towards Ukraine in the dark hours, the aerial defense command said on the weekend.

The Russian defense officials said it intercepted forty-two drones over the country's airspace.

Cuban Government Denies Accusations of Deploying Forces to Ukraine

Cuba on the weekend rejected US assertions it has sent troops to engage in the Ukraine war, while declaring Cuban authorities "do not have accurate data about citizens of Cuba" engaged "voluntarily" or "as part of the armed units of both sides".

The ministry in the capital announced 26 Cuban citizens had been convicted to prison terms from five to 14 years for participating as mercenaries since September 2023 when information circulated of Cubans being sent to the frontlines in the conflict.

I Want to Live Initiative Reveals Data on Cuban Involvement

The program, a state project that encourages enemy combatants to surrender, said in May: "Our information indicates the personal data of one thousand and twenty-eight Cubans who signed contracts with the Russian military in 2023-2024."

The Cuban foreign ministry commented of Cubans who might be participating: "There is no doubt that not a single one have the encouragement, allegiance, or approval of the Cuban state for their actions."

Relatives of Cubans who departed to the Russian Federation in the year reported to international media at the time that their relatives had been deceptively recruited through promotions on social media.