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Ukraine's UAVs have hit the Russian oil processing plant in the city of Ufa, positioned some 1,400 kilometres from Ukraine, resulting in detonations and a blaze, per a insider in the Ukrainian Security Service.

This represents the latest Ukrainian security service far-reaching assault in Bashkortostan in the last month. These operations show that there are no protected areas in the far hinterland of the Russia.

Ukrainian President Urges US President to Facilitate Peace in the Conflict

Volodymyr Zelenskyy called on the US President to broker peace in the Ukrainian conflict in a call on the weekend.

"If a war can be stopped in one region, then certainly additional conflicts can be halted as well, encompassing the Russian aggression," the President stated, hailing Trump's "remarkable" Gaza ceasefire plan and calling for the US president to compel the Moscow into talks.

Russian Assaults Take Victims in Ukraine

Russian attacks on Ukrainian territory claimed the lives of several civilians on the weekend and disrupted electricity to parts of the southern Odesa area, as stated by Ukrainian officials.

A pair of individuals died in a church in Kostyantynivka when it was targeted, according to local authorities.

In Russia's adjacent territory of the Belgorod region, a truck driver was killed by a Ukrainian strike, per regional authorities.

Power Restoration Operations in Kyiv

Operations proceeded on the weekend to restore power in the Ukrainian capital, after assaults.

Electricity had been recovered to in excess of 800,000 residents by Saturday and the major private energy company said the key operations to recover electricity was complete though certain disruptions persisted.

Air Defence Actions and UAV Interceptions

Ukraine's anti-aircraft systems intercepted or jammed 54 of 78 UAVs from Russia launched against Ukraine during the night, the aerial defense command reported on Saturday.

The Russian military authorities stated it intercepted forty-two Ukrainian drones over its own soil.

Cuba Rejects Accusations of Providing Soldiers to Ukraine

Havana on the weekend rejected US claims it has sent military personnel to engage in the hostilities, while declaring the government "are without precise data about Cuban nationals" engaged "voluntarily" or "in the military forces of either party".

The ministry in Havana announced 26 Cuban citizens had been sentenced to jail sentences ranging from five to 14 years for mercenary activity since September 2023 when information spread of Cuban nationals being sent to the battlefield in Ukraine.

Surrender Initiative Initiative Reports Information on Cuban Recruitment

The surrender initiative, a state project that promotes adversaries to surrender, said in May: "We have confirmed the identities and information of over a thousand individuals who signed contracts with the Russian military in the past two years."

The Cuban authorities commented of those who might be engaged: "It is irrefutable that no individual have the backing, commitment, or authorization of the Cuban state for their actions."

Kin of Cuban nationals who traveled to Russia in the year reported to international media at the time that their relatives had been deceptively recruited through advertisements on social media.