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Ukrainian UAVs have targeted the Russian oil facility in Ufa, positioned around 1,400 kilometres from the Ukrainian border, resulting in blasts and a fire, per a insider in the Ukrainian Security Service.

This constitutes the latest Ukrainian security service long-range attack in Bashkortostan in the recent weeks. These operations illustrate that there are no safe places in the distant backlines of the Russian state.

Zelenskyy Calls On US President to Mediate Ceasefire in Ukraine

Volodymyr Zelenskyy called on Donald Trump to facilitate a truce in Ukraine over a call on the weekend.

"When a conflict can be halted in one region, then certainly other wars can be ended as well, including the Russian aggression," Zelenskyy stated, praising Trump's "outstanding" Gaza ceasefire plan and calling for the President to influence the Russian government into talks.

Moscow's Attacks Take Casualties in the Country

Russian attacks on Ukraine resulted in the deaths of five people on Saturday and caused blackouts to parts of the southern Odesa area, per Ukrainian officials.

A pair of individuals died inside a church in Kostyantynivka when it was targeted, as reported by local authorities.

In Russia's adjacent territory of Belgorod, a truck driver was lost his life by a Ukrainian strike, according to regional authorities.

Energy Restoration Efforts in the Capital

Efforts continued on the weekend to repair energy infrastructure in the Ukrainian capital, after Russian attacks.

Electricity had been returned to over 800,000 citizens by Saturday and the largest utility provider said the key work to recover electricity was finished though some outages persisted.

Air Defence Operations and UAV Interceptions

Ukraine's defense forces neutralized 54 of 78 total enemy drones sent towards the country during the night, the military said on the weekend.

The Russian defense officials said it intercepted 42 UAVs from Ukraine over Russian territory.

Cuban Government Rejects Claims of Providing Troops to Ukraine

Havana on Saturday denied US claims it has provided soldiers to participate in the hostilities, while declaring Cuban authorities "do not have exact details about citizens of Cuba" engaged "independently" or "within the troops of the conflicting parties".

The government department in Havana said twenty-six Cubans had been sentenced to prison terms from 5 to 14 years for mercenary activity since last September when reports circulated of Cubans being dispatched to the battlefield in the conflict.

I Want to Live Project Reports Data on Cuban Recruitment

The program, a official Kyiv project that promotes enemy combatants to surrender, reported in spring: "We reliably know the personal data of one thousand and twenty-eight individuals who enlisted with the Russian military in 2023-2024."

The Cuban foreign ministry commented of Cuban nationals who might be involved: "Undeniably that not a single one has the support, dedication, or approval of the Cuban state for their activities."

Family members of Cubans who left for Russia in 2023 told international media at the time that their family members had been misled into enlisting through advertisements on social media.