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Ukraine's unmanned aerial vehicles have struck Russia's oil processing plant in Ufa, located approximately 1,400 kilometres from the Ukrainian border, triggering detonations and a fire, as reported by a informed individual in Ukraine's Security Service.

This constitutes the 3rd SBU far-reaching assault in Bashkortostan in the last month. Those strikes show that there are no protected areas in the distant backlines of the Russia.

Ukrainian President Urges Trump to Facilitate Peace in the Conflict

The Ukrainian leader urged Donald Trump to broker peace in Ukraine in a phone call on Saturday.

"Provided that a conflict can be halted in one region, then certainly other wars can be ended as well, encompassing the conflict with Russia," the President said, commending the US President's "outstanding" Gaza peace initiative and requesting the American leader to influence the Russian government into negotiations.

Russian Attacks Claim Lives in Ukraine

Strikes by Russia on Ukraine claimed the lives of 5 individuals on the weekend and disrupted electricity to sections of the southern Odesa area, per authorities in Ukraine.

Two civilians were killed inside a church in the town when it was hit, as reported by municipal sources.

In the Russian frontier area of Belgorod, a truck driver was lost his life by a Ukrainian strike, per regional authorities.

Power Repair Work in Kyiv

Efforts proceeded on the weekend to restore power in the Ukrainian capital, after strikes by Moscow.

Energy had been recovered to more than 800,000 residents by the weekend and the largest utility provider said the key efforts to recover electricity was concluded though some outages persisted.

Air Defence Operations and Drone Downings

Ukraine's air defences intercepted or jammed fifty-four of 78 Russian drones deployed against the country in the dark hours, the military said on Saturday.

Russia's defense officials said it shot down 42 enemy Ukrainian drones over Russian territory.

Cuba Rejects Claims of Providing Forces to the War

Cuba on Saturday refuted American allegations it has deployed troops to fight in the Ukraine war, while stating the government "do not have precise data about Cuban nationals" involved "on their own" or "in the military forces of both sides".

The government department in Havana announced 26 nationals had been given prison terms to prison terms varying between 5 to 14 years for mercenary activity since the autumn of 2023 when reports circulated of Cuban nationals being sent to the front in the conflict.

I Want to Live Project Reveals Details on Cuban Enlistment

The program, a Ukrainian government program that promotes enemy combatants to lay down arms, said in May: "We reliably know the identities and information of over a thousand individuals who enlisted with the Russian armed forces in the past two years."

The government in Havana said of Cubans who might be involved: "It is irrefutable that none of them possesses the encouragement, dedication, or authorization of the government in Havana for their involvement."

Relatives of Cubans who left for the Russian Federation in the year informed international media at the time that their loved ones had been deceptively recruited through advertisements on online platforms.