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Ukraine's unmanned aerial vehicles have struck the Russian oil facility in Ufa, situated around 1,400 kilometers from Ukraine, resulting in detonations and a inferno, as reported by a informed individual in Ukraine's Security Service.

This represents the latest Ukrainian security service deep strike in the region in the past month. Such attacks show that there are no protected areas in the deep rear of the Russian state.

Ukrainian President Calls On Trump to Facilitate Peace in the Conflict

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

"When a hostilities can be ended in a single area, then certainly other wars can be stopped as well, including the Russian war," he stated, commending the US President's "outstanding" Gaza ceasefire plan and urging the President to influence the Moscow into discussions.

Moscow's Strikes Claim Victims in the Country

Strikes by Russia on Ukraine killed at least several civilians on Saturday and caused blackouts to areas of the southern Odesa oblast, according to authorities in Ukraine.

Two civilians were killed inside a place of worship in the town when it was struck, as reported by regional officials.

In Russia's border region of the Belgorod region, a truck driver was fatally wounded by a Ukrainian strike, as stated by regional authorities.

Electricity Recovery Work in the Capital

Efforts carried on on Saturday to restore power in Kyiv, after strikes by Moscow.

Electricity had been returned to in excess of 800,000 citizens by the weekend and the major private energy company said the main efforts to repair the grid was complete though certain disruptions continued.

Air Defence Actions and Drone Downings

Ukraine's defense forces downed or disrupted fifty-four of 78 Russian drones deployed towards Ukraine during the night, the military reported on the weekend.

Russia's military authorities stated it intercepted 42 drones over its own soil.

Cuba Refutes Claims of Sending Forces to Ukraine

Havana on the weekend rejected US allegations it has deployed soldiers to fight in the Ukraine war, while affirming officials in Havana "do not have precise details about individuals" involved "voluntarily" or "as part of the armed units of the conflicting parties".

The government department in Havana stated 26 Cubans had been given prison terms to incarceration from five to 14 years for mercenary involvement since the autumn of 2023 when information emerged of Cubans being deployed to the battlefield in the conflict.

I Want to Live Initiative Reveals Details on Cuban National Recruitment

I Want to Live, a state project that encourages opposing fighters to lay down arms, said in May: "Our information indicates the personal data of over a thousand individuals who enlisted with the Moscow's troops in 2023-2024."

The Cuban authorities commented of Cuban nationals who might be involved: "Undeniably that not a single one possesses the backing, allegiance, or approval of the government in Havana for their involvement."

Relatives of Cubans who left for Russia in 2023 told Agence France-Presse at the time that their loved ones had been misled into enlisting through ads on social media.