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Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles have hit the Russian oil refinery in the city of Ufa, located around 1,400 km from Ukraine, resulting in detonations and a fire, as reported by a informed individual in the Ukrainian Security Service.

This represents the latest SBU long-range attack in the region in the recent weeks. These strikes show that there are no safe places in the deep rear of the Russia.

Zelenskyy Appeals to Trump to Mediate Ceasefire in the Conflict

Volodymyr Zelenskyy called on the US President to mediate a ceasefire in Ukraine during a phone call on the weekend.

"Provided that a conflict can be halted in a single area, then surely other wars can be stopped as well, including the conflict with Russia," the President remarked, hailing Trump's "exceptional" Gaza peace initiative and urging the American leader to pressure the Kremlin into talks.

Russian Strikes Take Lives in the Country

Russian attacks on Ukraine claimed the lives of 5 individuals on the weekend and caused blackouts to areas of the southern Odesa oblast, according to local sources.

Two civilians lost their lives within a church in Kostyantynivka when it was targeted, according to municipal sources.

In the Russian frontier area of the Belgorod region, a lorry operator was killed by a attack from Ukraine, as stated by local officials.

Energy Restoration Work in Kyiv

Efforts proceeded on Saturday to repair energy infrastructure in Kyiv, after Russian attacks.

Power had been restored to in excess of 800,000 citizens by Saturday and the major utility provider announced the primary operations to repair the grid was complete though some outages persisted.

Anti-Aircraft Actions and Drone Downings

Ukraine's defense forces neutralized 54 out of seventy-eight Russian drones sent against the country overnight, the air force announced on Saturday.

The Russian defence ministry claimed it shot down forty-two Ukrainian drones over Russian territory.

Cuban Government Rejects Claims of Providing Troops to Ukraine

The Cuban government on the weekend refuted American assertions it has provided military personnel to engage in the hostilities, while affirming Cuban authorities "do not have precise details about Cuban nationals" engaged "voluntarily" or "in the military forces of either party".

The ministry in the capital announced 26 Cuban citizens had been sentenced to incarceration from five up to fourteen years for mercenary involvement since September 2023 when news circulated of Cuban nationals being deployed to the front in the conflict.

I Want to Live Program Reports Information on Cuban National Enlistment

The program, a official Kyiv project that promotes enemy combatants to lay down arms, reported in May: "We have confirmed the identities and information of over a thousand Cuban nationals who enlisted with the Russian military in 2023-2024."

The Cuban foreign ministry commented of Cubans who might be involved: "There is no doubt that none of them possesses the support, commitment, or approval of the Cuban authorities for their actions."

Family members of Cubans who traveled to Russia in 2023 reported to international media at the time that their loved ones had been deceptively recruited through ads on online platforms.