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Ukrainian UAVs have targeted the Russian oil processing plant in Ufa, situated around 1,400 kilometers from Ukraine, resulting in blasts and a blaze, as reported by a informed individual in Ukraine's SBU.

This represents the third SBU long-range attack in Bashkortostan in the recent weeks. Those operations demonstrate that there are no safe places in the far hinterland of the Russian Federation.

Zelenskyy Urges Trump to Broker Peace in Ukraine

Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged the US President to broker peace in the Ukrainian conflict over a telephone conversation on Saturday.

"When a hostilities can be ended in a particular zone, then surely other wars can be stopped as well, encompassing the Russian aggression," Zelenskyy said, hailing Trump's "outstanding" Middle East ceasefire plan and calling for the US president to pressure the Moscow into discussions.

Moscow's Strikes Take Lives in Ukraine

Strikes by Russia on Ukraine killed at least 5 individuals on Saturday and cut power to areas of Ukraine's southern Odesa area, as stated by Ukrainian officials.

Two people lost their lives within a religious building in the town when it was hit, according to regional officials.

In the Russian adjacent territory of the Belgorod region, a truck driver was fatally wounded by a attack from Ukraine, according to regional authorities.

Power Restoration Efforts in Kyiv

Operations carried on on the weekend to repair energy infrastructure in Kyiv, after Russian attacks.

Energy had been restored to over 800,000 citizens by Saturday and the largest utility provider said the key work to restore power was finished though partial blackouts continued.

Anti-Aircraft Actions and Drone Jamming

The Ukrainian anti-aircraft systems neutralized 54 out of seventy-eight Russian drones deployed towards the country during the night, the aerial defense command said on Saturday.

Russia's defense officials claimed it intercepted 42 enemy Ukrainian drones over its own soil.

Cuba Rejects Allegations of Providing Troops to the War

The Cuban government on the weekend rejected American claims it has sent troops to engage in the conflict in Ukraine, while declaring Cuban authorities "are without precise details about citizens of Cuba" involved "on their own" or "in the military forces of either party".

The ministry in the capital announced 26 Cubans had been sentenced to jail sentences varying between five to 14 years for participating as mercenaries since last September when information spread of individuals being dispatched to the front in Ukraine.

Surrender Initiative Project Reveals Data on Cuban Enlistment

I Want to Live, a Ukrainian government project that promotes opposing fighters to lay down arms, reported in spring: "Our information indicates the names and personal details of over a thousand Cuban nationals who entered into agreements with the Russian armed forces in recently."

The Cuban authorities stated of Cubans who might be engaged: "Undeniably that no individual have the support, dedication, or consent of the government in Havana for their actions."

Kin of Cubans who traveled to Russia in 2023 informed news outlets at the time that their relatives had been misled into enlisting through promotions on digital networks.