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Ukraine's unmanned aerial vehicles have targeted the Russian Bashneft facility in Ufa, located around 1,400 kilometers from the Ukrainian border, triggering blasts and a inferno, per a source in Ukraine's SBU.

This marks the latest intelligence far-reaching assault in Bashkortostan in the past month. These attacks illustrate that there are no safe places in the distant backlines of the Russia.

Zelenskyy Urges Trump to Mediate Peace in the Conflict

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

"Provided that a hostilities can be ended in one region, then undoubtedly additional conflicts can be halted as well, including the Russian war," Zelenskyy said, praising Trump's "outstanding" Gaza peace initiative and urging the American leader to pressure the Russian government into discussions.

Moscow's Assaults Take Lives in Ukraine

Russian attacks on Ukraine killed at least 5 individuals on the weekend and caused blackouts to parts of Ukraine's southern Odesa area, as stated by Ukrainian officials.

A pair of individuals died inside a religious building in the town when it was targeted, as reported by local authorities.

In Russia's adjacent territory of Belgorod, a vehicle operator was lost his life by a drone assault, as stated by regional authorities.

Power Recovery Efforts in the Capital

Efforts continued on the weekend to repair energy infrastructure in the Ukrainian capital, after Russian attacks.

Power had been returned to more than 800,000 inhabitants by the weekend and the major power firm stated the main work to restore power was concluded though some outages persisted.

Air Defence Actions and UAV Downings

The Ukrainian defense forces downed or disrupted fifty-four of seventy-eight enemy drones sent targeting the country overnight, the military reported on Saturday.

Russia's defence ministry said it intercepted 42 drones over Russian territory.

Cuban Government Refutes Accusations of Deploying Forces to Ukraine

The Cuban government on the weekend denied US claims it has provided military personnel to participate in the conflict in Ukraine, while affirming officials in Havana "do not have precise data about citizens of Cuba" involved "voluntarily" or "within the troops of both sides".

The ministry in Havana said twenty-six Cuban citizens had been sentenced to prison terms from five up to fourteen years for participating as mercenaries since September 2023 when reports spread of individuals being deployed to the battlefield in Ukraine.

I Want to Live Project Reveals Details on Cuban Enlistment

I Want to Live, a state program that encourages adversaries to surrender, reported in May: "We have confirmed the names and personal details of over a thousand individuals who enlisted with the Russian armed forces in the past two years."

The Cuban authorities stated of those who might be engaged: "There is no doubt that no individual possesses the encouragement, allegiance, or approval of the Cuban authorities for their activities."

Kin of Cubans who left for Russia in the year reported to Agence France-Presse at the time that their family members had been deceptively recruited through ads on digital networks.