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Ukrainian UAVs have struck Russia's oil processing plant in the city of Ufa, located approximately 1,400 kilometres from the Ukrainian border, causing explosions and a inferno, per a insider in Ukraine's intelligence agency.

This marks the 3rd intelligence long-range attack in Bashkortostan in the recent weeks. These attacks show that there are no secure zones in the deep rear of the Russian Federation.

Zelenskyy Urges Trump to Broker Truce in the Conflict

The Ukrainian leader appealed to President Trump to facilitate a truce in Ukraine over a telephone conversation on the weekend.

"Provided that a conflict can be halted in a single area, then certainly additional conflicts can be stopped as well, including the Russian aggression," Zelenskyy said, praising Trump's "remarkable" Middle East truce proposal and calling for the American leader to pressure the Moscow into negotiations.

Moscow's Attacks Take Lives in the Country

Moscow's assaults on Ukraine claimed the lives of several civilians on Saturday and caused blackouts to sections of the southern Odesa region, as stated by Ukrainian officials.

Two people lost their lives in a religious building in Kostyantynivka when it was targeted, as reported by regional officials.

In Russia's frontier area of Belgorod, a truck driver was fatally wounded by a Ukrainian strike, per regional authorities.

Energy Recovery Efforts in Kyiv

Work continued on the weekend to repair energy infrastructure in Kyiv, after strikes by Moscow.

Energy had been restored to more than 800,000 citizens by Saturday and the biggest private energy company stated the main work to restore power was finished though some outages persisted.

Anti-Aircraft Efforts and Drone Jamming

The Ukrainian defense forces neutralized fifty-four of 78 Russian drones deployed towards Ukraine overnight, the military reported on Saturday.

Russia's defense officials stated it intercepted forty-two UAVs from Ukraine over its own soil.

Cuban Government Refutes Allegations of Deploying Troops to the War

Havana on Saturday refuted American claims it has provided soldiers to participate in the conflict in Ukraine, while affirming the government "lack precise information about Cuban nationals" engaged "independently" or "within the troops of both sides".

The foreign ministry in the capital announced twenty-six nationals had been given prison terms to jail sentences ranging from 5 to 14 years for mercenary activity since last September when information spread of Cubans being sent to the battlefield in Ukraine.

I Want to Live Project Discloses Details on Cuban Involvement

I Want to Live, a state program that promotes adversaries to give up, said in spring: "We reliably know the names and personal details of one thousand and twenty-eight Cuban nationals who enlisted with the Moscow's troops in the past two years."

The Cuban foreign ministry stated of Cubans who might be involved: "There is no doubt that no individual has the backing, dedication, or authorization of the Cuban state for their involvement."

Relatives of Cuban nationals who left for Russia in 2023 reported to international media at the time that their loved ones had been deceptively recruited through ads on online platforms.