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Ukraine's UAVs have targeted Russia's oil refinery in Ufa, situated approximately 1,400 kilometers from the Ukrainian border, triggering blasts and a blaze, according to a informed individual in the Ukrainian SBU.

This represents the 3rd SBU far-reaching assault in Bashkortostan in the last month. Those strikes illustrate that there are no secure zones in the far hinterland of the Russian Federation.

Zelenskyy Appeals to US President to Facilitate Ceasefire in Ukraine

The Ukrainian leader called on Donald Trump to facilitate a truce in the Ukrainian conflict over a call on the weekend.

"When a hostilities can be halted in a single area, then undoubtedly other wars can be stopped as well, including the Russian aggression," the President remarked, praising Trump's "remarkable" Middle East peace initiative and urging the American leader to compel the Kremlin into talks.

Moscow's Strikes Take Victims in Ukraine

Moscow's assaults on Ukrainian territory claimed the lives of several civilians on the weekend and cut power to parts of the southern Odesa region, according to Ukrainian officials.

A pair of individuals were killed in a church in Kostyantynivka when it was targeted, according to local authorities.

In Russia's frontier area of the Belgorod region, a lorry operator was killed by a Ukrainian strike, according to municipal sources.

Energy Recovery Operations in the Capital

Efforts carried on on the weekend to repair energy infrastructure in Kyiv, after assaults.

Electricity had been returned to in excess of 800,000 residents by the weekend and the largest utility provider announced the main work to restore power was finished though partial blackouts persisted.

Air Defence Actions and UAV Jamming

The Ukrainian defense forces intercepted or jammed fifty-four of 78 enemy drones deployed towards Ukraine in the dark hours, the air force reported on Saturday.

Russia's defence ministry claimed it eliminated 42 enemy drones over the country's airspace.

Cuba Rejects Claims of Sending Soldiers to the War

Havana on the weekend rejected American assertions it has provided troops to participate in the conflict in Ukraine, while stating Cuban authorities "do not have precise data about individuals" engaged "voluntarily" or "in the military forces of the conflicting parties".

The government department in Havana stated 26 nationals had been given prison terms to incarceration ranging from five up to fourteen years for mercenary involvement since September 2023 when information emerged of Cuban nationals being sent to the battlefield in Ukraine.

Surrender Initiative Initiative Discloses Information on Cuban National Involvement

I Want to Live, a state project that urges opposing fighters to surrender, reported in May: "We reliably know the personal data of 1,028 Cuban nationals who enlisted with the Moscow's troops in the past two years."

The government in Havana said of Cubans who might be involved: "There is no doubt that no individual possesses the encouragement, allegiance, or approval of the Cuban state for their involvement."

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 digital networks.