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Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles have struck Russia's Bashneft refinery in Ufa, located some 1,400 kilometres from Ukraine, causing blasts and a inferno, per a insider in Ukraine's SBU.

This constitutes the latest Ukrainian security service deep strike in the region in the recent weeks. Those attacks illustrate that there are no protected areas in the far hinterland of the Russian Federation.

Zelenskyy Appeals to Trump to Facilitate Peace in Ukraine

President Zelenskyy appealed to the US President to broker peace in the Ukrainian conflict during a telephone conversation on Saturday.

"Provided that a war can be halted in a single area, then undoubtedly additional conflicts can be stopped as well, encompassing the Russian war," Zelenskyy said, hailing the US President's "exceptional" Gaza ceasefire plan and requesting the US president to pressure the Moscow into negotiations.

Russian Attacks Take Casualties in Ukraine

Moscow's assaults on Ukraine claimed the lives of 5 individuals on the weekend and disrupted electricity to parts of the south Odesa region, according to Ukrainian officials.

Two people lost their lives in a religious building in the town when it was hit, according to municipal sources.

In Russia's border region of Belgorod, a vehicle operator was lost his life by a drone assault, as stated by local officials.

Electricity Recovery Efforts in Kyiv

Efforts carried on on Saturday to repair energy infrastructure in the Ukrainian capital, after assaults.

Energy had been returned to over 800,000 residents by the weekend and the major power firm announced the key operations to repair the grid was concluded though some outages persisted.

Air Defence Efforts and Drone Downings

The Ukrainian anti-aircraft systems downed or disrupted 54 of 78 total enemy drones sent towards the country in the dark hours, the military announced on the weekend.

Russia's military authorities said it eliminated 42 enemy UAVs from Ukraine over Russian territory.

Cuban Government Refutes Accusations of Deploying Forces to the War

The Cuban government on the weekend refuted US claims it has sent military personnel to fight in the Ukraine war, while affirming Cuban authorities "do not have accurate data about Cuban nationals" engaged "independently" or "in the military forces of either party".

The ministry in the capital stated twenty-six Cuban citizens had been sentenced to prison terms from five up to fourteen years for mercenary activity since September 2023 when news spread of individuals being dispatched to the battlefield in the conflict.

Surrender Initiative Initiative Reports Data on Cuban Involvement

The surrender initiative, a state project that promotes adversaries to surrender, said in May: "We have confirmed the personal data of over a thousand individuals who enlisted with the Moscow's troops in recently."

The government in Havana said of Cubans who might be engaged: "There is no doubt that no individual has the backing, allegiance, or consent of the Cuban state for their actions."

Kin of Cuban nationals who traveled to the Russian Federation in 2023 reported to news outlets at the time that their loved ones had been tricked into joining through ads on social media.