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Ukrainian UAVs have hit Russia's oil processing plant in the city of Ufa, situated around 1,400 kilometers from Ukraine, causing explosions and a blaze, according to a source in Ukraine's intelligence agency.

This constitutes the 3rd Ukrainian security service deep strike in the region in the past month. These operations illustrate that there are no secure zones in the far hinterland of the Russian state.

Zelenskyy Calls On Trump to Mediate Truce in the Conflict

Volodymyr Zelenskyy called on President Trump to mediate a ceasefire in Ukraine in a phone call on the weekend.

"Provided that a hostilities can be stopped in one region, then certainly further hostilities can be ended as well, encompassing the Russian war," Zelenskyy said, praising the US President's "remarkable" Middle East ceasefire plan and urging the US president to influence the Russian government into talks.

Moscow's Strikes Take Lives in the Country

Russian attacks on Ukraine killed at least 5 individuals on the weekend and disrupted electricity to parts of Ukraine's southern Odesa oblast, per authorities in Ukraine.

A pair of individuals were killed in a religious building in the town when it was struck, per local authorities.

In Russia's frontier area of Belgorod, a truck driver was lost his life by a attack from Ukraine, as stated by municipal sources.

Power Repair Work in Kyiv

Efforts carried on on Saturday to restore power in the Ukrainian capital, after assaults.

Power had been returned to in excess of 800,000 citizens by the weekend and the major private energy company announced the primary efforts to restore power was complete though partial blackouts continued.

Air Defence Actions and Drone Jamming

The Ukrainian anti-aircraft systems downed or disrupted 54 of 78 enemy drones sent targeting Ukraine overnight, the military reported on the weekend.

Russia's defense officials said it shot down forty-two UAVs from Ukraine over the country's airspace.

Cuba Denies Claims of Sending Forces to Ukraine

Cuba on Saturday denied US allegations it has deployed military personnel to engage in the hostilities, while stating officials in Havana "do not have exact details about individuals" involved "independently" or "as part of the armed units of both sides".

The government department in the capital announced twenty-six nationals had been sentenced to jail sentences from five to 14 years for mercenary involvement since the autumn of 2023 when information circulated of Cuban nationals being sent to the battlefield in Ukraine.

Surrender Initiative Project Reports Details on Cuban National Enlistment

I Want to Live, a Ukrainian government program that promotes enemy combatants to surrender, reported in spring: "We reliably know the personal data of over a thousand individuals who enlisted with the Russian military in 2023-2024."

The government in Havana stated of Cuban nationals who might be involved: "Undeniably that none of them have the encouragement, dedication, or consent of the Cuban state for their activities."

Family members of Cuban nationals who departed to the Russian Federation in the year told international media at the time that their loved ones had been misled into enlisting through promotions on digital networks.