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Ukraine's UAVs have targeted Russia's Bashneft processing plant in the city of Ufa, situated some 1,400 kilometres from the Ukrainian border, causing blasts and a fire, per a insider in the Ukrainian SBU.

This marks the latest SBU far-reaching assault in the region in the recent weeks. Those strikes show that there are no safe places in the deep rear of the Russian Federation.

Zelenskyy Calls On US President to Broker Peace in the Conflict

The Ukrainian leader appealed to Donald Trump to mediate a ceasefire in Ukraine in a phone call on the weekend.

"Provided that a war can be halted in a single area, then surely further hostilities can be ended as well, including the Russian aggression," he stated, praising the US President's "outstanding" Middle East peace initiative and requesting the US president to compel the Moscow into talks.

Russian Attacks Take Victims in Ukraine

Moscow's assaults on Ukraine resulted in the deaths of several civilians on the weekend and caused blackouts to sections of Ukraine's south Odesa area, per authorities in Ukraine.

A pair of individuals died inside a place of worship in Kostyantynivka when it was hit, per regional officials.

In the Russian border region of Belgorod, a truck driver was lost his life by a Ukrainian strike, as stated by regional authorities.

Electricity Repair Operations in Kyiv

Work continued on the weekend to recover electricity in Kyiv, after Russian attacks.

Power had been returned to more than 800,000 inhabitants by the weekend and the major private energy company said the main operations to restore power was finished though partial blackouts remained.

Air Defence Operations and Drone Jamming

The Ukrainian air defences intercepted or jammed 54 of seventy-eight UAVs from Russia launched towards the country in the dark hours, the military said on Saturday.

The Russian defence ministry said it shot down 42 UAVs from Ukraine over Russian territory.

Cuban Government Rejects Allegations of Providing Troops to Ukraine

Cuba on the weekend refuted American assertions it has deployed soldiers to fight in the conflict in Ukraine, while affirming the government "lack exact information about citizens of Cuba" involved "voluntarily" or "in the military forces of the conflicting parties".

The foreign ministry in Havana stated 26 nationals had been given prison terms to prison terms ranging from five to 14 years for mercenary involvement since last September when news emerged of individuals being sent to the frontlines in the conflict.

Surrender Initiative Program Discloses Information on Cuban Involvement

The program, a Ukrainian government initiative that promotes adversaries to lay down arms, said in May: "We reliably know the identities and information of one thousand and twenty-eight Cuban nationals who enlisted with the Russian armed forces in recently."

The government in Havana stated of those who might be participating: "Undeniably that not a single one possesses the encouragement, dedication, or consent of the Cuban state for their activities."

Kin of individuals who departed to Russia in 2023 informed Agence France-Presse at the time that their relatives had been tricked into joining through advertisements on online platforms.