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Ukrainian drones have hit Russia's Bashneft facility in Ufa, positioned some 1,400 km from the Ukrainian border, resulting in explosions and a blaze, per a informed individual in the Ukrainian intelligence agency.

This constitutes the 3rd SBU long-range attack in Bashkortostan in the last month. Such operations demonstrate that there are no protected areas in the far hinterland of the Russia.

Ukrainian President Appeals to Trump to Mediate Truce in the Conflict

President Zelenskyy appealed to President Trump to mediate a ceasefire in Ukraine in a telephone conversation on the weekend.

"If a conflict can be stopped in one region, then surely additional conflicts can be ended as well, including the Russian aggression," the President said, hailing the US President's "remarkable" Middle East truce proposal and requesting the President to compel the Kremlin into discussions.

Moscow's Strikes Kill Casualties in Ukraine

Moscow's assaults on Ukrainian territory killed at least five people on Saturday and cut power to areas of the southern Odesa region, as stated by local sources.

Two people lost their lives in a church in Kostyantynivka when it was targeted, according to regional officials.

In the Russian frontier area of the Belgorod region, a truck driver was fatally wounded by a Ukrainian strike, as stated by local officials.

Power Restoration Efforts in Kyiv

Work proceeded on the weekend to restore power in the Ukrainian capital, after Russian attacks.

Power had been recovered to in excess of 800,000 residents by the weekend and the largest private energy company said the primary work to repair the grid was complete though some outages persisted.

Air Defence Operations and UAV Downings

Ukraine's anti-aircraft systems intercepted or jammed 54 of 78 total UAVs from Russia launched targeting Ukraine overnight, the air force reported on the weekend.

Russia's defense officials claimed it intercepted forty-two drones over the country's airspace.

Cuban Government Rejects Accusations of Providing Troops to the War

Havana on the weekend denied US claims it has deployed soldiers to participate in the Ukraine war, while stating Cuban authorities "are without accurate data about individuals" involved "on their own" or "as part of the armed units of both sides".

The government department in Havana stated 26 Cubans had been given prison terms to prison terms ranging from five up to fourteen years for mercenary involvement since September 2023 when information spread of Cubans being sent to the frontlines in Ukraine.

I Want to Live Initiative Discloses Data on Cuban Enlistment

The program, a Ukrainian government program that urges enemy combatants to give up, stated in May: "Our information indicates the identities and information of over a thousand individuals who enlisted with the Russian armed forces in the past two years."

The Cuban foreign ministry stated of those who might be participating: "It is irrefutable that not a single one has the encouragement, commitment, or approval of the government in Havana for their activities."

Relatives of individuals who left for the Russian Federation in the year informed news outlets at the time that their family members had been misled into enlisting through ads on digital networks.