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Ukrainian drones have targeted Russia's oil facility in Ufa, situated approximately 1,400 kilometers from the Ukrainian border, triggering explosions and a blaze, per a insider in Ukraine's Security Service.

This represents the 3rd Ukrainian security service far-reaching assault in Bashkortostan in the past month. Those attacks illustrate that there are no secure zones in the distant backlines of the Russian state.

Ukrainian President Calls On US President to Facilitate Ceasefire in the Conflict

The Ukrainian leader called on President Trump to facilitate a truce in Ukraine in a phone call on Saturday.

"If a hostilities can be halted in one region, then undoubtedly other wars can be stopped as well, covering the Russian aggression," Zelenskyy remarked, commending the US President's "exceptional" Gaza truce proposal and requesting the American leader to pressure the Kremlin into negotiations.

Moscow's Assaults Take Victims in the Country

Strikes by Russia on Ukraine claimed the lives of 5 individuals on Saturday and disrupted electricity to sections of Ukraine's southern Odesa region, according to authorities in Ukraine.

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

In the Russian adjacent territory of the Belgorod region, a truck driver was fatally wounded by a attack from Ukraine, according to local officials.

Electricity Restoration Efforts in Kyiv

Work proceeded on the weekend to repair energy infrastructure in Kyiv, after strikes by Moscow.

Power had been restored to over 800,000 residents by the weekend and the major private energy company announced the main work to repair the grid was finished though partial blackouts continued.

Air Defence Efforts and Drone Downings

The Ukrainian defense forces intercepted or jammed 54 out of 78 enemy drones sent targeting the country in the dark hours, the military said on the weekend.

Russia's military authorities stated it shot down 42 Ukrainian drones over the country's airspace.

Cuba Rejects Claims of Providing Soldiers to the War

Havana on the weekend rejected US assertions it has sent military personnel to fight in the Ukraine war, while declaring the government "do not have accurate data about Cuban nationals" engaged "independently" or "within the troops of the conflicting parties".

The foreign ministry in Havana stated 26 nationals had been sentenced to jail sentences ranging from five up to fourteen years for mercenary activity since the autumn of 2023 when reports circulated of Cubans being dispatched to the battlefield in the conflict.

I Want to Live Project Discloses Details on Cuban Recruitment

I Want to Live, a official Kyiv program that encourages opposing fighters to lay down arms, said in spring: "Our information indicates the identities and information of one thousand and twenty-eight individuals who entered into agreements with the Russian military in the past two years."

The government in Havana said of Cubans who might be participating: "It is irrefutable that no individual possesses the backing, commitment, or authorization of the Cuban state for their activities."

Relatives of Cubans who traveled to Russia in 2023 told international media at the time that their family members had been tricked into joining through advertisements on digital networks.