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Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles have targeted the Russian oil facility in the city of Ufa, situated approximately 1,400 kilometers from Ukraine, causing blasts and a fire, according to a insider in the Ukrainian SBU.

This constitutes the latest SBU deep strike in the region in the past month. Those attacks show that there are no safe places in the far hinterland of the Russian state.

Ukrainian President Urges Trump to Broker Ceasefire in Ukraine

President Zelenskyy called on President Trump to facilitate a truce in Ukraine over a telephone conversation on the weekend.

"When a conflict can be stopped in a particular zone, then surely other wars can be ended as well, encompassing the Russian war," he remarked, commending Trump's "remarkable" Middle East truce proposal and calling for the US president to influence the Russian government into negotiations.

Russian Strikes Claim Lives in the Country

Russian attacks on Ukraine claimed the lives of several civilians on Saturday and cut power to sections of the south Odesa area, according to local sources.

Two civilians were killed in a church in the town when it was targeted, per municipal sources.

In Russia's border region of Belgorod, a vehicle operator was lost his life by a Ukrainian strike, as stated by regional authorities.

Power Repair Efforts in the Capital

Efforts carried on on Saturday to restore power in Kyiv, after Russian attacks.

Power had been returned to over 800,000 inhabitants by Saturday and the largest power firm stated the main work to repair the grid was concluded though some outages continued.

Air Defence Operations and Drone Interceptions

The Ukrainian anti-aircraft systems downed or disrupted fifty-four of 78 enemy drones sent against the country during the night, the aerial defense command announced on the weekend.

The Russian defence ministry claimed it shot down forty-two UAVs from Ukraine over Russian territory.

Cuba Rejects Claims of Deploying Forces to Ukraine

Cuba on the weekend refuted US allegations it has sent military personnel to fight in the hostilities, while stating Cuban authorities "are without exact information about individuals" involved "independently" or "as part of the armed units of both sides".

The ministry in the capital said 26 Cubans had been sentenced to jail sentences varying between five up to fourteen years for participating as mercenaries since September 2023 when information emerged of individuals being dispatched to the battlefield in Ukraine.

I Want to Live Program Reveals Information on Cuban National Recruitment

The surrender initiative, a state program that promotes opposing fighters to lay down arms, reported in spring: "We have confirmed the personal data of over a thousand Cuban nationals who entered into agreements with the Russian armed forces in recently."

The Cuban authorities stated of Cuban nationals who might be involved: "Undeniably that none of them have the backing, allegiance, or authorization of the Cuban state for their involvement."

Relatives of individuals who departed to the Russian Federation in the year informed Agence France-Presse at the time that their loved ones had been deceptively recruited through ads on digital networks.