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Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles have hit the Russian oil facility in the city of Ufa, located approximately 1,400 kilometers from Ukraine, resulting in explosions and a blaze, as reported by a source in the Ukrainian intelligence agency.

This represents the 3rd Ukrainian security service long-range attack in Bashkortostan in the past month. Those attacks illustrate that there are no protected areas in the far hinterland of the Russian state.

Ukrainian President Calls On Trump to Broker Ceasefire in Ukraine

The Ukrainian leader appealed to the US President to broker peace in Ukraine in a phone call on the weekend.

"If a conflict can be stopped in one region, then undoubtedly other wars can be halted as well, encompassing the Russian aggression," he stated, praising Trump's "remarkable" Middle East truce proposal and urging the President to influence the Moscow into talks.

Russian Assaults Claim Lives in Ukraine

Russian attacks on Ukraine resulted in the deaths of 5 individuals on the weekend and cut power to areas of Ukraine's southern Odesa area, as stated by Ukrainian officials.

Two civilians died in a place of worship in the town when it was struck, according to local authorities.

In Russia's frontier area of the Belgorod region, a vehicle operator was fatally wounded by a Ukrainian strike, per regional authorities.

Power Restoration Operations in Kyiv

Operations proceeded on Saturday to restore power 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 stated the main work to recover electricity was complete though some outages continued.

Air Defence Actions and Drone Jamming

Ukraine's anti-aircraft systems neutralized 54 out of 78 total enemy drones sent targeting Ukraine overnight, the air force announced on the weekend.

Russia's military authorities said it eliminated 42 UAVs from Ukraine over its own soil.

Cuban Government Rejects Allegations of Sending Troops to the War

Cuba on Saturday denied US assertions it has sent soldiers to participate in the Ukraine war, while affirming the government "do not have accurate details about individuals" participating "independently" or "within the troops of the conflicting parties".

The government department in the capital announced 26 Cuban citizens had been given prison terms to jail sentences ranging from five up to fourteen years for mercenary activity since September 2023 when news emerged of individuals being dispatched to the front in Ukraine.

I Want to Live Program Reveals Data on Cuban Enlistment

The program, a state initiative that encourages adversaries to give up, reported in May: "We reliably know the personal data of one thousand and twenty-eight Cuban nationals who signed contracts with the Russian military in the past two years."

The Cuban authorities stated of Cuban nationals who might be participating: "There is no doubt that not a single one has the support, allegiance, or approval of the Cuban authorities for their actions."

Family members of Cuban nationals who departed to Russia in 2023 informed international media at the time that their relatives had been tricked into joining through advertisements on online platforms.