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Ukraine's unmanned aerial vehicles have hit the Russian oil facility in Ufa, positioned approximately 1,400 kilometers from the Ukrainian border, causing blasts and a inferno, per a informed individual in the Ukrainian Security Service.

This represents the third intelligence far-reaching assault in the region in the last month. These operations show that there are no protected areas in the distant backlines of the Russian state.

Zelenskyy Appeals to US President to Mediate Truce in Ukraine

The Ukrainian leader urged Donald Trump to broker peace in the Ukrainian conflict in a telephone conversation on the weekend.

"When a hostilities can be ended in one region, then surely additional conflicts can be ended as well, including the Russian aggression," he remarked, commending the US President's "remarkable" Gaza peace initiative and urging the American leader to influence the Moscow into negotiations.

Moscow's Attacks Kill Victims in the Country

Moscow's assaults on Ukraine claimed the lives of five people on the weekend and cut power to sections of Ukraine's south Odesa area, according to authorities in Ukraine.

Two people died inside a place of worship in the town when it was struck, according to local authorities.

In Russia's adjacent territory of the Belgorod region, a truck driver was killed by a Ukrainian strike, per local officials.

Power Repair Operations in the Capital

Operations proceeded on Saturday to recover electricity in Kyiv, after Russian attacks.

Energy had been recovered to in excess of 800,000 inhabitants by the weekend and the largest power firm stated the primary efforts to repair the grid was concluded though some outages persisted.

Air Defence Operations and UAV Interceptions

The Ukrainian defense forces downed or disrupted fifty-four of 78 Russian drones deployed towards the country during the night, the air force said on the weekend.

Russia's defense officials stated it intercepted 42 UAVs from Ukraine over the country's airspace.

Cuba Refutes Allegations of Sending Troops to Ukraine

The Cuban government on Saturday rejected American allegations it has provided soldiers to participate in the conflict in Ukraine, while declaring the government "lack exact data about Cuban nationals" involved "independently" or "within the troops of both sides".

The ministry in Havana stated twenty-six Cuban citizens had been sentenced to incarceration varying between five to 14 years for participating as mercenaries since last September when news circulated of individuals being dispatched to the frontlines in Ukraine.

Surrender Initiative Initiative Discloses Data on Cuban National Enlistment

The surrender initiative, a official Kyiv project that urges enemy combatants to give up, reported in May: "We reliably know the names and personal details of one thousand and twenty-eight individuals who signed contracts with the Russian military in the past two years."

The government in Havana said of Cubans who might be engaged: "It is irrefutable that not a single one has the encouragement, commitment, or approval of the Cuban authorities for their activities."

Kin of Cuban nationals who left for Russia in 2023 informed international media at the time that their relatives had been deceptively recruited through advertisements on digital networks.