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Ukrainian drones have struck the Russian oil facility in Ufa, located approximately 1,400 kilometres from Ukraine, triggering blasts and a inferno, according to a source in Ukraine's Security Service.

This marks the 3rd intelligence long-range attack in Bashkortostan in the recent weeks. Those operations show that there are no secure zones in the far hinterland of the Russia.

Ukrainian President Calls On Trump to Facilitate Truce in Ukraine

Volodymyr Zelenskyy called on Donald Trump to broker peace in the Ukrainian conflict over a call on Saturday.

"Provided that a hostilities can be stopped in a particular zone, then certainly further hostilities can be stopped as well, encompassing the Russian aggression," Zelenskyy stated, praising the US President's "remarkable" Gaza peace initiative and urging the US president to influence the Kremlin into negotiations.

Moscow's Strikes Claim Lives in Ukraine

Russian attacks on Ukrainian territory killed at least 5 individuals on the weekend and disrupted electricity to sections of the southern Odesa region, as stated by local sources.

Two people were killed inside a religious building 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 attack from Ukraine, as stated by municipal sources.

Electricity Recovery Work in Kyiv

Efforts proceeded on the weekend to restore power in Kyiv, after assaults.

Electricity had been recovered to in excess of 800,000 citizens by Saturday and the largest private energy company said the primary operations to recover electricity was finished though some outages persisted.

Air Defence Efforts and UAV Jamming

Ukraine's defense forces downed or disrupted fifty-four of 78 enemy drones launched targeting Ukraine overnight, the aerial defense command said on Saturday.

Russia's military authorities stated it intercepted 42 enemy drones over the country's airspace.

Cuba Rejects Claims of Providing Troops to the War

The Cuban government on the weekend denied US claims it has sent soldiers to participate in the Ukraine war, while stating the government "are without exact information about citizens of Cuba" involved "independently" or "in the military forces of either party".

The foreign ministry in Havana said 26 Cuban citizens had been sentenced to jail sentences from 5 to 14 years for mercenary activity since September 2023 when news spread of individuals being sent to the front in Ukraine.

I Want to Live Project Reveals Information on Cuban Involvement

The surrender initiative, a official Kyiv initiative that encourages enemy combatants to lay down arms, said in spring: "We have confirmed the names and personal details of over a thousand Cuban nationals who entered into agreements with the Russian armed forces in recently."

The Cuban authorities commented of Cuban nationals who might be engaged: "It is irrefutable that not a single one have the encouragement, commitment, or authorization of the Cuban state for their activities."

Kin of Cubans who traveled to Russia in the year informed news outlets at the time that their relatives had been tricked into joining through promotions on social media.