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Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles have struck the Russian oil refinery in the city of Ufa, located approximately 1,400 km from the Ukrainian border, triggering explosions and a blaze, according to a informed individual in Ukraine's intelligence agency.

This marks the 3rd Ukrainian security service deep strike in Bashkortostan in the last month. These attacks show that there are no protected areas in the deep rear of the Russia.

Ukrainian President Urges Trump to Mediate Truce in Ukraine

Volodymyr Zelenskyy called on Donald Trump to mediate a ceasefire in Ukraine during a phone call on the weekend.

"If a conflict can be stopped in a single area, then certainly further hostilities can be ended as well, including the Russian war," Zelenskyy stated, praising Trump's "remarkable" Gaza truce proposal and urging the US president to pressure the Moscow into negotiations.

Moscow's Attacks Take Victims in the Country

Moscow's assaults on Ukraine claimed the lives of 5 individuals on the weekend and disrupted electricity to areas of the southern Odesa area, as stated by local sources.

A pair of individuals lost their lives in a religious building in Kostyantynivka when it was targeted, as reported by municipal sources.

In the Russian adjacent territory of Belgorod, a truck driver was killed by a drone assault, as stated by regional authorities.

Power Restoration Operations in Kyiv

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

Power had been restored to in excess of 800,000 inhabitants by the weekend and the biggest private energy company announced the primary efforts to repair the grid was complete though some outages remained.

Anti-Aircraft Actions and Drone Interceptions

Ukraine's defense forces downed or disrupted 54 of 78 total UAVs from Russia deployed targeting the country overnight, the air force said on Saturday.

The Russian military authorities claimed it eliminated 42 Ukrainian drones over its own soil.

Cuba Rejects Accusations of Providing Soldiers to the War

The Cuban government on Saturday denied American claims it has sent troops to engage in the hostilities, while affirming officials in Havana "do not have accurate data about Cuban nationals" involved "on their own" or "within the troops of either party".

The ministry in the capital announced 26 Cubans had been given prison terms to incarceration from five to 14 years for mercenary involvement since the autumn of 2023 when news spread of individuals being dispatched to the frontlines in Ukraine.

I Want to Live Program Reports Details on Cuban Recruitment

The surrender initiative, a official Kyiv project that urges opposing fighters to lay down arms, reported in May: "Our information indicates the identities and information of one thousand and twenty-eight Cubans who signed contracts with the Russian military in the past two years."

The Cuban foreign ministry commented of Cubans who might be engaged: "Undeniably that no individual have the support, commitment, or approval of the government in Havana for their involvement."

Family members of Cubans who left for the Russian Federation in the year informed news outlets at the time that their relatives had been deceptively recruited through advertisements on digital networks.