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Ukraine's unmanned aerial vehicles have struck the Russian oil processing plant in the city of Ufa, situated some 1,400 kilometers from the Ukrainian border, triggering explosions and a inferno, per a informed individual in Ukraine's SBU.

This constitutes the third intelligence long-range attack in Bashkortostan in the past month. Those attacks illustrate that there are no protected areas in the far hinterland of the Russia.

Zelenskyy Urges Trump to Mediate Ceasefire in the Conflict

Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged the US President to broker peace in the Ukrainian conflict over a call on Saturday.

"Provided that a conflict can be ended in a particular zone, then certainly further hostilities can be ended as well, including the conflict with Russia," the President said, hailing Trump's "remarkable" Gaza ceasefire plan and urging the President to pressure the Moscow into talks.

Russian Attacks Kill Lives in the Country

Russian attacks on Ukraine resulted in the deaths of five people on Saturday and disrupted electricity to areas of Ukraine's southern Odesa region, according to local sources.

Two civilians lost their lives in a place of worship in the town when it was targeted, according to regional officials.

In Russia's border region of Belgorod, a lorry operator was killed by a attack from Ukraine, per local officials.

Power Restoration Operations in Kyiv

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

Electricity had been returned to over 800,000 citizens by the weekend and the largest power firm announced the primary efforts to recover electricity was finished though partial blackouts remained.

Anti-Aircraft Operations and Drone Jamming

Ukraine's defense forces neutralized fifty-four of 78 total Russian drones sent targeting the country in the dark hours, the military announced on the weekend.

The Russian defence ministry said it shot down 42 UAVs from Ukraine over Russian territory.

Cuba Rejects Allegations of Sending Forces to the War

Cuba on the weekend rejected American assertions it has sent military personnel to fight in the hostilities, while affirming the government "do not have precise data about citizens of Cuba" engaged "independently" or "within the troops of the conflicting parties".

The foreign ministry in Havana said twenty-six nationals had been convicted to jail sentences from five up to fourteen years for mercenary activity since last September when information circulated of individuals being sent to the frontlines in Ukraine.

I Want to Live Initiative Reports Details on Cuban Recruitment

I Want to Live, a official Kyiv initiative that promotes adversaries to give up, said in May: "Our information indicates the identities and information of over a thousand Cuban nationals who entered into agreements with the Moscow's troops in the past two years."

The government in Havana said of those who might be engaged: "There is no doubt that none of them have the support, allegiance, or consent of the Cuban authorities for their actions."

Kin of Cubans who traveled to the Russian Federation in the year told news outlets at the time that their family members had been misled into enlisting through promotions on online platforms.