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Ukraine's UAVs have targeted Russia's Bashneft processing plant in the city of Ufa, situated some 1,400 kilometres from the Ukrainian border, resulting in explosions and a blaze, as reported by a insider in the Ukrainian intelligence agency.

This constitutes the 3rd SBU deep strike in the region in the recent weeks. These attacks show that there are no safe places in the far hinterland of the Russian Federation.

Ukrainian President Urges Trump to Broker Ceasefire in the Conflict

Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged President Trump to mediate a ceasefire in Ukraine over a telephone conversation on Saturday.

"When a conflict can be ended in a particular zone, then certainly further hostilities can be stopped as well, covering the Russian aggression," Zelenskyy said, commending the US President's "outstanding" Middle East peace initiative and requesting the President to compel the Russian government into talks.

Moscow's Strikes Kill Casualties in Ukraine

Russian attacks on Ukraine resulted in the deaths of five people on Saturday and cut power to areas of Ukraine's southern Odesa region, as stated by authorities in Ukraine.

Two civilians were killed inside a religious building in Kostyantynivka when it was hit, according to local authorities.

In the Russian border region of Belgorod, a vehicle operator was killed by a attack from Ukraine, as stated by municipal sources.

Electricity Restoration Work in Kyiv

Operations proceeded on the weekend to repair energy infrastructure in Kyiv, after assaults.

Power had been restored to over 800,000 inhabitants by Saturday and the biggest private energy company said the key operations to restore power was complete though some outages remained.

Air Defence Operations and Drone Jamming

The Ukrainian anti-aircraft systems intercepted or jammed fifty-four of seventy-eight UAVs from Russia deployed against the country overnight, the air force said on Saturday.

The Russian military authorities stated it shot down 42 UAVs from Ukraine over the country's airspace.

Cuba Refutes Claims of Deploying Soldiers to Ukraine

Havana on the weekend denied US assertions it has sent military personnel to engage in the Ukraine war, while affirming the government "do not have precise details about individuals" engaged "independently" or "as part of the armed units of both sides".

The ministry in the capital stated twenty-six Cubans had been given prison terms to incarceration ranging from five up to fourteen years for participating as mercenaries since September 2023 when information emerged of Cubans being sent to the battlefield in Ukraine.

Surrender Initiative Initiative Reveals Details on Cuban National Recruitment

The surrender initiative, a Ukrainian government project that encourages opposing fighters to surrender, stated in May: "We reliably know the personal data of over a thousand Cuban nationals who enlisted with the Russian military in recently."

The government in Havana said of those who might be participating: "Undeniably that not a single one possesses the encouragement, commitment, or authorization of the Cuban authorities for their involvement."

Kin of Cuban nationals who traveled to the Russian Federation in the year informed news outlets at the time that their loved ones had been misled into enlisting through promotions on social media.