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Ukraine's UAVs have struck the Russian oil facility in the city of Ufa, located around 1,400 kilometres from Ukraine, resulting in blasts and a inferno, according to a source in the Ukrainian SBU.

This marks the 3rd SBU long-range attack in the region in the past month. Such strikes demonstrate that there are no secure zones in the distant backlines of the Russian state.

Zelenskyy Urges US President to Facilitate Truce in the Conflict

President Zelenskyy urged Donald Trump to broker peace in Ukraine in a telephone conversation on the weekend.

"If a conflict can be ended in a particular zone, then certainly further hostilities can be stopped as well, encompassing the Russian aggression," Zelenskyy stated, hailing the US President's "remarkable" Middle East ceasefire plan and urging the US president to compel the Russian government into discussions.

Moscow's Attacks Kill Casualties in Ukraine

Moscow's assaults on Ukraine claimed the lives of five people on Saturday and cut power to parts of Ukraine's south Odesa oblast, per local sources.

Two people lost their lives inside a church in the town when it was struck, as reported by regional officials.

In Russia's frontier area of the Belgorod region, a vehicle operator was killed by a attack from Ukraine, according to municipal sources.

Energy Restoration Efforts in the Capital

Efforts proceeded on the weekend to recover electricity in the Ukrainian capital, after Russian attacks.

Electricity had been recovered to over 800,000 residents by the weekend and the biggest private energy company said the main efforts to restore power was concluded though partial blackouts persisted.

Anti-Aircraft Actions and UAV Jamming

The Ukrainian anti-aircraft systems neutralized 54 out of 78 total Russian drones sent targeting Ukraine during the night, the air force announced on the weekend.

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

Cuban Government Rejects Claims of Sending Troops to Ukraine

The Cuban government on the weekend denied American assertions it has deployed soldiers to engage in the Ukraine war, while affirming officials in Havana "lack exact information about Cuban nationals" engaged "voluntarily" or "in the military forces of both sides".

The foreign ministry in the capital stated 26 Cuban citizens had been convicted to incarceration ranging from 5 to 14 years for mercenary activity since last September when information circulated of Cubans being deployed to the front in the conflict.

I Want to Live Initiative Discloses Information on Cuban National Enlistment

I Want to Live, a state program that urges enemy combatants to surrender, stated in May: "We have confirmed the identities and information of one thousand and twenty-eight Cuban nationals who enlisted with the Russian armed forces in 2023-2024."

The Cuban authorities stated of Cubans who might be participating: "There is no doubt that no individual has the encouragement, commitment, or consent of the government in Havana for their involvement."

Relatives of Cuban nationals who traveled to the Russian Federation in 2023 reported to Agence France-Presse at the time that their loved ones had been misled into enlisting through ads on digital networks.