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Ukrainian drones have struck the Russian oil refinery in Ufa, located approximately 1,400 kilometers from Ukraine, causing detonations and a blaze, as reported by a source in the Ukrainian Security Service.

This represents the third Ukrainian security service far-reaching assault in the region in the last month. Those strikes demonstrate that there are no protected areas in the distant backlines of the Russia.

Zelenskyy Urges Trump to Facilitate 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 halted in one region, then undoubtedly additional conflicts can be stopped as well, covering the Russian aggression," the President remarked, praising the US President's "exceptional" Middle East truce proposal and calling for the President to influence the Russian government into discussions.

Moscow's Strikes Kill Casualties in the Country

Moscow's assaults on Ukraine claimed the lives of 5 individuals on Saturday and caused blackouts to parts of Ukraine's south Odesa area, according to authorities in Ukraine.

A pair of individuals died inside a church in the town when it was targeted, per local authorities.

In the Russian border region of Belgorod, a lorry operator was killed by a Ukrainian strike, according to local officials.

Electricity Recovery Efforts in Kyiv

Work carried on on the weekend to recover electricity in the Ukrainian capital, after Russian attacks.

Electricity had been recovered to in excess of 800,000 citizens by Saturday and the major private energy company said the key operations to restore power was finished though partial blackouts continued.

Air Defence Actions and UAV Downings

Ukraine's anti-aircraft systems neutralized 54 of seventy-eight UAVs from Russia launched targeting Ukraine overnight, the air force reported on the weekend.

The Russian defense officials claimed it eliminated 42 drones over its own soil.

Cuba Refutes Allegations of Providing Troops to Ukraine

Havana on Saturday denied American claims it has deployed soldiers to participate in the Ukraine war, while declaring Cuban authorities "lack accurate data about individuals" involved "on their own" or "within the troops of the conflicting parties".

The foreign ministry in Havana stated 26 Cubans had been convicted to incarceration from 5 to 14 years for participating as mercenaries since September 2023 when news emerged of Cuban nationals being dispatched to the battlefield in the conflict.

I Want to Live Project Discloses Data on Cuban National Involvement

I Want to Live, a Ukrainian government project that promotes opposing fighters to lay down arms, reported in spring: "We have confirmed the personal data of one thousand and twenty-eight Cuban nationals who entered into agreements with the Russian military in the past two years."

The Cuban authorities commented of Cubans who might be engaged: "Undeniably that no individual have the backing, commitment, or approval of the government in Havana for their actions."

Family members of Cubans who left for Russia in 2023 told news outlets at the time that their relatives had been tricked into joining through promotions on social media.