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Ukrainian UAVs have hit the Russian Bashneft refinery in the city of Ufa, positioned approximately 1,400 kilometres from the Ukrainian border, triggering explosions and a blaze, per a insider in Ukraine's Security Service.

This represents the 3rd SBU far-reaching assault in Bashkortostan in the recent weeks. Those operations illustrate that there are no protected areas in the far hinterland of the Russian state.

Zelenskyy Urges US President to Broker Ceasefire in the Conflict

The Ukrainian leader appealed to Donald Trump to facilitate a truce in the Ukrainian conflict in a call on the weekend.

"When a conflict can be ended in one region, then certainly other wars can be halted as well, including the conflict with Russia," Zelenskyy stated, praising the US President's "exceptional" Middle East truce proposal and requesting the American leader to influence the Kremlin into negotiations.

Russian Assaults Kill Casualties in the Country

Russian attacks on Ukrainian territory claimed the lives of 5 individuals on the weekend and cut power to sections of Ukraine's south Odesa oblast, as stated by local sources.

Two civilians were killed inside a religious building in the town when it was targeted, per local authorities.

In Russia's frontier area of Belgorod, a truck driver was killed by a attack from Ukraine, according to local officials.

Power Recovery Operations in Kyiv

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

Power had been restored to over 800,000 citizens by the weekend and the largest utility provider said the primary efforts to restore power was complete though some outages continued.

Anti-Aircraft Actions and UAV Downings

Ukraine's defense forces neutralized 54 of seventy-eight Russian drones launched targeting the country overnight, the air force announced on the weekend.

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

Cuba Refutes Claims of Deploying Troops to the War

Cuba on Saturday denied US assertions it has sent soldiers to engage in the hostilities, while stating Cuban authorities "do not have precise information about citizens of Cuba" participating "voluntarily" or "in the military forces of both sides".

The government department in Havana said twenty-six nationals had been given prison terms to prison terms ranging from five to 14 years for participating as mercenaries since September 2023 when reports circulated of Cubans being deployed to the front in the conflict.

Surrender Initiative Project Reveals Data on Cuban Involvement

The surrender initiative, a official Kyiv program that urges adversaries to surrender, reported in May: "We reliably know the identities and information of over a thousand Cubans who signed contracts with the Russian military in recently."

The Cuban foreign ministry stated of Cuban nationals who might be engaged: "There is no doubt that no individual has the encouragement, commitment, or approval of the government in Havana for their activities."

Family members of Cuban nationals who left for the Russian Federation in the year reported to Agence France-Presse at the time that their family members had been tricked into joining through promotions on social media.