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Ukraine's unmanned aerial vehicles have struck the Russian oil refinery in Ufa, situated around 1,400 kilometres from the Ukrainian border, triggering blasts and a blaze, as reported by a informed individual in Ukraine's intelligence agency.

This constitutes the latest intelligence deep strike in the region in the last month. Those strikes demonstrate that there are no secure zones in the far hinterland of the Russian state.

Zelenskyy Appeals to Trump to Mediate Truce in Ukraine

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

"Provided that a conflict can be ended in one region, then certainly further hostilities can be halted as well, encompassing the Russian war," Zelenskyy remarked, praising the US President's "remarkable" Gaza ceasefire plan and requesting the US president to influence the Kremlin into negotiations.

Moscow's Assaults Take Lives in Ukraine

Russian attacks on Ukraine claimed the lives of 5 individuals on the weekend and caused blackouts to sections of Ukraine's southern Odesa region, per Ukrainian officials.

Two people were killed inside a place of worship in Kostyantynivka when it was hit, per municipal sources.

In Russia's frontier area of Belgorod, a lorry operator was fatally wounded by a Ukrainian strike, as stated by regional authorities.

Energy Restoration Operations in the Capital

Operations proceeded on the weekend to restore power in the Ukrainian capital, after strikes by Moscow.

Power had been recovered to over 800,000 citizens by Saturday and the biggest power firm announced the key work to restore power was concluded though partial blackouts persisted.

Anti-Aircraft Actions and UAV Jamming

The Ukrainian anti-aircraft systems downed or disrupted 54 out of 78 enemy drones launched towards the country during the night, the military said on Saturday.

The Russian military authorities stated it eliminated forty-two drones over the country's airspace.

Cuban Government Refutes Claims of Sending Forces to Ukraine

Cuba on Saturday rejected US assertions it has deployed troops to participate in the Ukraine war, while affirming Cuban authorities "are without accurate information about individuals" participating "on their own" or "in the military forces of both sides".

The ministry in Havana announced twenty-six nationals had been convicted to incarceration varying between 5 to 14 years for participating as mercenaries since last September when news circulated of Cuban nationals being sent to the battlefield in the conflict.

I Want to Live Program Discloses Details on Cuban Recruitment

The surrender initiative, a Ukrainian government project that promotes enemy combatants to surrender, reported in May: "We reliably know the identities and information of one thousand and twenty-eight Cubans who enlisted with the Russian military in recently."

The Cuban foreign ministry stated of Cubans who might be involved: "It is irrefutable that no individual possesses the backing, dedication, or authorization of the Cuban state for their actions."

Relatives of Cuban nationals who departed to the Russian Federation in 2023 informed Agence France-Presse at the time that their loved ones had been misled into enlisting through ads on digital networks.