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Ukraine's drones have struck the Russian Bashneft processing plant in Ufa, situated some 1,400 km from Ukraine, triggering explosions and a inferno, as reported by a source in Ukraine's intelligence agency.

This represents the latest Ukrainian security service long-range attack in the region in the past month. Those operations demonstrate that there are no secure zones in the distant backlines of the Russian Federation.

Zelenskyy Urges Trump to Mediate Peace in the Conflict

Volodymyr Zelenskyy appealed to Donald Trump to broker peace in Ukraine in a phone call on the weekend.

"Provided that a war can be stopped in a particular zone, then surely further hostilities can be halted as well, encompassing the Russian war," the President remarked, commending Trump's "exceptional" Middle East ceasefire plan and requesting the American leader to compel the Moscow into negotiations.

Moscow's Assaults Take Lives in the Country

Russian attacks on Ukraine killed at least 5 individuals on Saturday and cut power to sections of the southern Odesa region, per authorities in Ukraine.

Two people died in a place of worship in Kostyantynivka when it was hit, as reported by municipal sources.

In the Russian frontier area of Belgorod, a lorry operator was fatally wounded by a Ukrainian strike, per regional authorities.

Power Recovery Efforts in the Capital

Efforts carried on on the weekend to restore power in Kyiv, after Russian attacks.

Electricity had been recovered to over 800,000 residents by Saturday and the largest utility provider said the primary operations to recover electricity was finished though some outages continued.

Air Defence Actions and Drone Downings

Ukraine's anti-aircraft systems downed or disrupted 54 of seventy-eight UAVs from Russia deployed towards Ukraine in the dark hours, the air force said on Saturday.

Russia's defense officials claimed it shot down forty-two Ukrainian drones over Russian territory.

Cuba Denies Accusations of Deploying Forces to the War

Havana on Saturday refuted US allegations it has sent troops to participate in the hostilities, while declaring Cuban authorities "do not have exact data about individuals" involved "on their own" or "in the military forces of both sides".

The ministry in Havana announced 26 nationals had been sentenced to prison terms varying between five to 14 years for mercenary activity since last September when news emerged of Cubans being dispatched to the battlefield in the conflict.

I Want to Live Program Discloses Data on Cuban National Involvement

I Want to Live, a official Kyiv initiative that promotes opposing fighters to surrender, stated in May: "Our information indicates the identities and information of one thousand and twenty-eight Cuban nationals who entered into agreements with the Russian armed forces in recently."

The Cuban authorities commented of those who might be participating: "Undeniably that none of them has the support, dedication, or consent of the Cuban state for their activities."

Relatives of individuals who traveled to the Russian Federation in 2023 told Agence France-Presse at the time that their relatives had been deceptively recruited through advertisements on online platforms.