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Ukrainian UAVs have targeted the Russian oil processing plant in Ufa, positioned approximately 1,400 kilometres from the Ukrainian border, causing blasts and a inferno, as reported by a informed individual in Ukraine's Security Service.

This marks the 3rd SBU far-reaching assault in Bashkortostan in the last month. These attacks show that there are no protected areas in the distant backlines of the Russia.

Ukrainian President Calls On Trump to Facilitate Truce in the Conflict

Volodymyr Zelenskyy appealed to the US President to broker peace in the Ukrainian conflict in a telephone conversation on Saturday.

"If a war can be ended in a particular zone, then undoubtedly additional conflicts can be stopped as well, encompassing the Russian aggression," the President remarked, commending the US President's "remarkable" Gaza peace initiative and urging the US president to compel the Moscow into discussions.

Russian Attacks Take Lives in Ukraine

Strikes by Russia on Ukrainian territory resulted in the deaths of several civilians on Saturday and caused blackouts to sections of the southern Odesa region, per authorities in Ukraine.

Two civilians were killed inside a religious building in the town when it was targeted, per municipal sources.

In Russia's border region of the Belgorod region, a lorry operator was fatally wounded by a Ukrainian strike, per local officials.

Electricity Recovery Operations in Kyiv

Operations continued on Saturday to repair energy infrastructure in the Ukrainian capital, after Russian attacks.

Power had been restored to over 800,000 residents by Saturday and the biggest power firm stated the key work to repair the grid was finished though certain disruptions continued.

Air Defence Efforts and Drone Jamming

The Ukrainian anti-aircraft systems downed or disrupted fifty-four of 78 total Russian drones deployed towards the country overnight, the aerial defense command announced on the weekend.

Russia's defence ministry claimed it eliminated 42 enemy Ukrainian drones over its own soil.

Cuban Government Rejects Claims of Deploying Soldiers to the War

Havana on the weekend rejected American assertions it has provided soldiers to fight in the conflict in Ukraine, while affirming Cuban authorities "lack precise information about Cuban nationals" participating "independently" or "in the military forces of the conflicting parties".

The government department in the capital said twenty-six nationals had been convicted to jail sentences from five to 14 years for mercenary activity since September 2023 when reports emerged of individuals being deployed to the front in Ukraine.

I Want to Live Program Reports Information on Cuban Recruitment

I Want to Live, a official Kyiv project that encourages enemy combatants to surrender, reported in May: "We have confirmed the names and personal details of one thousand and twenty-eight Cubans who enlisted with the Russian armed forces in the past two years."

The Cuban authorities stated of those who might be participating: "There is no doubt that none of them has the support, allegiance, or approval of the Cuban state for their involvement."

Relatives of individuals who left for the Russian Federation in the year told Agence France-Presse at the time that their relatives had been tricked into joining through promotions on online platforms.