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Ukraine's unmanned aerial vehicles have hit the Russian Bashneft processing plant in the city of Ufa, situated approximately 1,400 km from Ukraine, causing blasts and a fire, per a informed individual in the Ukrainian Security Service.

This represents the latest Ukrainian security service deep strike in Bashkortostan in the past month. Those strikes show that there are no safe places in the far hinterland of the Russian state.

Zelenskyy Calls On US President to Broker Peace in the Conflict

President Zelenskyy urged President Trump to mediate a ceasefire in the Ukrainian conflict during a telephone conversation on the weekend.

"Provided that a conflict can be ended in a single area, then undoubtedly other wars can be halted as well, encompassing the Russian aggression," the President remarked, commending the US President's "exceptional" Gaza truce proposal and requesting the President to pressure the Moscow into talks.

Russian Strikes Take Victims in the Country

Strikes by Russia on Ukrainian territory killed at least five people on the weekend and cut power to sections of Ukraine's southern Odesa area, according to local sources.

A pair of individuals were killed in a religious building in the town when it was hit, according to local authorities.

In Russia's adjacent territory of Belgorod, a truck driver was killed by a drone assault, per municipal sources.

Energy Repair Work in Kyiv

Operations proceeded on the weekend to restore power in the Ukrainian capital, after Russian attacks.

Power had been returned to more than 800,000 inhabitants by Saturday and the major utility provider stated the key efforts to recover electricity was complete though some outages remained.

Anti-Aircraft Operations and Drone Downings

The Ukrainian air defences intercepted or jammed 54 out of 78 total UAVs from Russia deployed against the country during the night, the air force announced on the weekend.

Russia's defense officials stated it intercepted forty-two Ukrainian drones over the country's airspace.

Cuban Government Rejects Claims of Sending Soldiers to Ukraine

Cuba on Saturday denied American claims it has deployed troops to engage in the hostilities, while declaring the government "are without exact information about Cuban nationals" engaged "voluntarily" or "in the military forces of both sides".

The government department in Havana announced 26 nationals had been convicted to jail sentences from 5 to 14 years for mercenary activity since the autumn of 2023 when information circulated of Cuban nationals being dispatched to the battlefield in Ukraine.

Surrender Initiative Initiative Reveals Details on Cuban Enlistment

The program, a official Kyiv program that encourages enemy combatants to surrender, said in May: "Our information indicates the personal data of 1,028 Cuban nationals who entered into agreements with the Moscow's troops in recently."

The Cuban foreign ministry stated of those who might be involved: "There is no doubt that no individual have the encouragement, dedication, or authorization of the government in Havana for their involvement."

Relatives of Cuban nationals who left for the Russian Federation in 2023 told news outlets at the time that their loved ones had been misled into enlisting through advertisements on digital networks.