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Ukrainian UAVs have targeted Russia's Bashneft refinery in the city of Ufa, situated approximately 1,400 kilometers from the Ukrainian border, causing detonations and a fire, according to a source in Ukraine's intelligence agency.

This constitutes the latest SBU long-range attack in the region in the past month. These attacks illustrate that there are no protected areas in the distant backlines of the Russia.

Ukrainian President Calls On Trump to Facilitate Truce in the Conflict

The Ukrainian leader called on Donald Trump to mediate a ceasefire in Ukraine over a telephone conversation on the weekend.

"If a conflict can be ended in a particular zone, then undoubtedly further hostilities can be stopped as well, including the conflict with Russia," the President said, hailing Trump's "exceptional" Middle East truce proposal and urging the President to influence the Russian government into talks.

Russian Assaults Claim Lives in the Country

Moscow's assaults on Ukraine claimed the lives of 5 individuals on Saturday and cut power to areas of the south Odesa oblast, per local sources.

Two people died inside a place of worship in Kostyantynivka when it was targeted, according to municipal sources.

In Russia's border region of the Belgorod region, a truck driver was lost his life by a drone assault, according to municipal sources.

Power Restoration Operations in the Capital

Operations continued on Saturday to repair energy infrastructure in Kyiv, after assaults.

Electricity had been returned to more than 800,000 residents by the weekend and the major private energy company said the primary operations to recover electricity was finished though certain disruptions persisted.

Air Defence Operations and Drone Jamming

The Ukrainian defense forces neutralized 54 of seventy-eight Russian drones launched towards Ukraine overnight, the military reported on the weekend.

The Russian military authorities stated it eliminated forty-two drones over Russian territory.

Cuba Rejects Accusations of Deploying Troops to Ukraine

The Cuban government on Saturday refuted US allegations it has provided soldiers to participate in the hostilities, while affirming the government "lack precise data about Cuban nationals" participating "independently" or "in the military forces of both sides".

The foreign ministry in the capital said twenty-six nationals had been given prison terms to prison terms from five to 14 years for mercenary involvement since the autumn of 2023 when reports spread of individuals being deployed to the front in Ukraine.

Surrender Initiative Project Discloses Details on Cuban Recruitment

The surrender initiative, a official Kyiv initiative that urges enemy combatants to surrender, reported in May: "Our information indicates the personal data of one thousand and twenty-eight Cuban nationals who signed contracts with the Russian military in the past two years."

The Cuban foreign ministry said of those who might be involved: "Undeniably that none of them possesses the encouragement, commitment, or approval of the Cuban authorities for their actions."

Relatives of individuals who traveled to Russia in 2023 reported to Agence France-Presse at the time that their relatives had been misled into enlisting through advertisements on online platforms.