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Ukrainian UAVs have hit Russia's Bashneft facility in Ufa, located around 1,400 kilometers from Ukraine, triggering explosions and a fire, as reported by a informed individual in the Ukrainian SBU.

This represents the latest Ukrainian security service long-range attack in Bashkortostan in the past month. Those attacks show that there are no safe places in the deep rear of the Russian state.

Ukrainian President Urges US President to Mediate Truce in the Conflict

Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged Donald Trump to mediate a ceasefire in the Ukrainian conflict over a call on the weekend.

"When a war can be ended in a single area, then surely additional conflicts can be ended as well, encompassing the conflict with Russia," he said, praising the US President's "remarkable" Gaza peace initiative and calling for the US president to compel the Russian government into discussions.

Russian Attacks Take Victims in the Country

Russian attacks on Ukrainian territory killed at least five people on the weekend and caused blackouts to parts of the south Odesa oblast, per local sources.

Two civilians lost their lives inside a religious building in the town when it was targeted, per local authorities.

In the Russian border region of the Belgorod region, a truck driver was lost his life by a attack from Ukraine, per local officials.

Power Recovery Operations in Kyiv

Efforts proceeded on Saturday to restore power in Kyiv, after Russian attacks.

Energy had been recovered to in excess of 800,000 residents by the weekend and the largest power firm announced the main operations to repair the grid was complete though certain disruptions continued.

Anti-Aircraft Actions and Drone Jamming

The Ukrainian air defences downed or disrupted fifty-four of 78 UAVs from Russia deployed against Ukraine overnight, the aerial defense command said on the weekend.

The Russian defence ministry said it eliminated forty-two UAVs from Ukraine over the country's airspace.

Cuban Government Rejects Claims of Providing Soldiers to the War

The Cuban government on Saturday refuted American claims it has sent soldiers to engage in the conflict in Ukraine, while declaring Cuban authorities "do not have exact details about individuals" participating "on their own" or "within the troops of both sides".

The ministry in the capital said twenty-six Cuban citizens had been sentenced to prison terms from five up to fourteen years for mercenary involvement since last September when reports spread of Cuban nationals being dispatched to the front in the conflict.

Surrender Initiative Program Discloses Details on Cuban Recruitment

I Want to Live, a state project that promotes adversaries to surrender, said in May: "Our information indicates the personal data of one thousand and twenty-eight Cuban nationals who enlisted with the Russian armed forces in 2023-2024."

The government in Havana commented of Cubans who might be engaged: "It is irrefutable that none of them has the support, allegiance, or authorization of the government in Havana for their involvement."

Kin of individuals who departed to the Russian Federation in the year reported to international media at the time that their relatives had been tricked into joining through advertisements on social media.