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Ukraine's unmanned aerial vehicles have hit the Russian oil facility in Ufa, positioned some 1,400 kilometres from the Ukrainian border, triggering detonations and a inferno, per a source in Ukraine's intelligence agency.

This constitutes the 3rd Ukrainian security service long-range attack in Bashkortostan in the recent weeks. These strikes illustrate that there are no safe places in the deep rear of the Russian Federation.

Ukrainian President Urges Trump to Broker Truce in the Conflict

President Zelenskyy appealed to Donald Trump to mediate a ceasefire in the Ukrainian conflict in a telephone conversation on the weekend.

"If a hostilities can be halted in a particular zone, then undoubtedly other wars can be stopped as well, including the conflict with Russia," the President said, hailing the US President's "outstanding" Middle East peace initiative and urging the US president to influence the Moscow into negotiations.

Moscow's Attacks Kill Casualties in Ukraine

Strikes by Russia on Ukraine claimed the lives of five people on the weekend and disrupted electricity to sections of the southern Odesa area, as stated by local sources.

Two civilians died within a religious building in Kostyantynivka when it was targeted, as reported by regional officials.

In the Russian frontier area of the Belgorod region, a truck driver was lost his life by a attack from Ukraine, as stated by municipal sources.

Power Repair Work in the Capital

Work proceeded on the weekend to restore power in Kyiv, after Russian attacks.

Power had been recovered to over 800,000 citizens by Saturday and the major private energy company said the key work to recover electricity was finished though some outages remained.

Air Defence Actions and UAV Jamming

The Ukrainian anti-aircraft systems neutralized 54 of seventy-eight UAVs from Russia launched targeting the country during the night, the aerial defense command reported on the weekend.

Russia's defense officials claimed it intercepted 42 drones over the country's airspace.

Cuba Denies Claims of Sending Forces to the War

Cuba on the weekend rejected American allegations it has sent troops to participate in the hostilities, while affirming Cuban authorities "are without exact information about Cuban nationals" involved "on their own" or "in the military forces of either party".

The foreign ministry in the capital said 26 Cuban citizens had been sentenced to jail sentences from 5 to 14 years for participating as mercenaries since the autumn of 2023 when news circulated of Cubans being dispatched to the battlefield in Ukraine.

I Want to Live Project Discloses Data on Cuban National Recruitment

The surrender initiative, a official Kyiv program that urges enemy combatants to surrender, reported in spring: "Our information indicates the identities and information of one thousand and twenty-eight individuals who entered into agreements with the Moscow's troops in the past two years."

The government in Havana commented of Cubans who might be involved: "Undeniably that no individual has the backing, allegiance, or consent of the Cuban authorities for their actions."

Relatives of Cubans who departed to the Russian Federation in the year reported to Agence France-Presse at the time that their relatives had been tricked into joining through ads on digital networks.