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Ukrainian UAVs have hit the Russian oil processing plant in Ufa, situated around 1,400 km from the Ukrainian border, resulting in detonations and a inferno, per a informed individual in Ukraine's SBU.

This marks the 3rd SBU deep strike in Bashkortostan in the recent weeks. Such strikes illustrate that there are no safe places in the distant backlines of the Russian state.

Ukrainian President Urges US President to Broker Truce in the Conflict

The Ukrainian leader called on President Trump to broker peace in Ukraine in a telephone conversation on Saturday.

"When a hostilities can be ended in a single area, then undoubtedly other wars can be stopped as well, including the Russian aggression," the President said, praising Trump's "remarkable" Middle East peace initiative and requesting the US president to influence the Russian government into negotiations.

Moscow's Strikes Kill Victims in Ukraine

Moscow's assaults on Ukraine claimed the lives of several civilians on Saturday and disrupted electricity to sections of the southern Odesa region, per local sources.

Two people were killed inside a place of worship in Kostyantynivka when it was targeted, per municipal sources.

In the Russian frontier area of Belgorod, a vehicle operator was fatally wounded by a drone assault, as stated by local officials.

Electricity Recovery Efforts in the Capital

Operations carried on on Saturday to restore power in Kyiv, after strikes by Moscow.

Energy had been recovered to more than 800,000 residents by the weekend and the major private energy company stated the main work to recover electricity was complete though some outages continued.

Air Defence Efforts and Drone Downings

Ukraine's air defences neutralized 54 of seventy-eight Russian drones launched targeting the country overnight, the aerial defense command announced on the weekend.

Russia's defence ministry said it intercepted 42 drones over Russian territory.

Cuba Rejects Allegations of Providing Forces to the War

The Cuban government on the weekend rejected US assertions it has deployed troops to engage in the Ukraine war, while affirming the government "lack accurate information about Cuban nationals" participating "voluntarily" or "as part of the armed units of both sides".

The foreign ministry in Havana stated 26 nationals had been sentenced to incarceration 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 frontlines in the conflict.

I Want to Live Initiative Discloses Information on Cuban National Enlistment

The surrender initiative, a state project that promotes adversaries to give up, said in May: "Our information indicates the names and personal details of 1,028 Cuban nationals who entered into agreements with the Russian armed forces in recently."

The Cuban foreign ministry said of those who might be engaged: "It is irrefutable that not a single one possesses the backing, dedication, or authorization of the Cuban authorities for their activities."

Family members of Cubans who traveled to the Russian Federation in the year informed Agence France-Presse at the time that their relatives had been tricked into joining through ads on online platforms.