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Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles have struck the Russian Bashneft processing plant in the city of Ufa, located around 1,400 kilometers from the Ukrainian border, causing explosions and a inferno, per a informed individual in Ukraine's SBU.

This represents the 3rd Ukrainian security service long-range attack in the region in the past month. These strikes demonstrate that there are no safe places in the far hinterland of the Russian Federation.

Zelenskyy Urges Trump to Facilitate Truce in Ukraine

Volodymyr Zelenskyy appealed to the US President to mediate a ceasefire in Ukraine during a call on the weekend.

"If a war can be ended in one region, then surely further hostilities can be halted as well, covering the conflict with Russia," he said, praising Trump's "exceptional" Gaza peace initiative and requesting the American leader to pressure the Moscow into negotiations.

Moscow's Strikes Kill Victims in the Country

Strikes by Russia on Ukraine killed at least five people on the weekend and disrupted electricity to areas of Ukraine's southern Odesa region, per local sources.

Two people died within a place of worship in the town when it was hit, as reported by municipal sources.

In the Russian border region of Belgorod, a lorry operator was killed by a attack from Ukraine, as stated by municipal sources.

Electricity Recovery Work in the Capital

Operations carried on on Saturday to recover electricity in Kyiv, after assaults.

Power had been restored to over 800,000 inhabitants by Saturday and the biggest power firm stated the main efforts to recover electricity was finished though partial blackouts continued.

Anti-Aircraft Operations and Drone Interceptions

The Ukrainian defense forces downed or disrupted 54 of 78 total Russian drones deployed against Ukraine during the night, the air force said on the weekend.

The Russian defence ministry said it eliminated 42 drones over its own soil.

Cuban Government Refutes Allegations of Providing Soldiers to Ukraine

Havana on Saturday denied US allegations it has sent troops to engage in the Ukraine war, while stating the government "do not have exact information about individuals" engaged "on their own" or "in the military forces of both sides".

The ministry in Havana announced twenty-six Cuban citizens had been given prison terms to incarceration from five to 14 years for mercenary involvement since last September when news emerged of Cubans being deployed to the battlefield in Ukraine.

Surrender Initiative Project Reports Data on Cuban National Involvement

The surrender initiative, a Ukrainian government project that promotes adversaries to give up, reported in May: "We reliably know the personal data of over a thousand Cubans who entered into agreements with the Russian armed forces in 2023-2024."

The government in Havana stated of Cubans who might be engaged: "There is no doubt that not a single one possesses the backing, allegiance, or approval of the Cuban authorities for their actions."

Family members of Cuban nationals who traveled to Russia in 2023 told Agence France-Presse at the time that their relatives had been misled into enlisting through ads on social media.