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Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles have targeted the Russian oil processing plant in the city of Ufa, positioned some 1,400 kilometres from Ukraine, causing explosions and a blaze, as reported by a source in Ukraine's Security Service.

This constitutes the latest Ukrainian security service long-range attack in the region in the past month. Such attacks show that there are no safe places in the distant backlines of the Russian state.

Zelenskyy Appeals to US President to Facilitate Truce in Ukraine

Volodymyr Zelenskyy appealed to the US President to mediate a ceasefire in Ukraine in a phone call on Saturday.

"When a conflict can be ended in a single area, then surely other wars can be halted as well, including the Russian war," the President said, hailing Trump's "exceptional" Gaza truce proposal and requesting the US president to influence the Moscow into discussions.

Moscow's Strikes Kill Casualties in the Country

Russian attacks on Ukraine resulted in the deaths of several civilians on the weekend and caused blackouts to sections of the south Odesa area, per authorities in Ukraine.

A pair of individuals lost their lives inside a religious building in Kostyantynivka when it was struck, per regional officials.

In the Russian adjacent territory of Belgorod, a lorry operator was killed by a attack from Ukraine, per municipal sources.

Power Recovery Operations in the Capital

Operations continued on Saturday to repair energy infrastructure in the Ukrainian capital, after strikes by Moscow.

Electricity had been recovered to in excess of 800,000 residents by the weekend and the biggest power firm said the key efforts to restore power was complete though partial blackouts persisted.

Anti-Aircraft Operations and UAV Jamming

Ukraine's anti-aircraft systems neutralized fifty-four of seventy-eight Russian drones launched towards the country overnight, the aerial defense command said on the weekend.

The Russian defense officials claimed it intercepted 42 UAVs from Ukraine over the country's airspace.

Cuba Refutes Allegations of Deploying Troops to the War

Cuba on the weekend rejected US assertions it has sent soldiers to participate in the conflict in Ukraine, while declaring officials in Havana "do not have exact information about Cuban nationals" engaged "independently" or "as part of the armed units of either party".

The government department in the capital announced twenty-six Cubans had been given prison terms to prison terms ranging from five up to fourteen years for mercenary involvement since September 2023 when information spread of individuals being sent to the frontlines in the conflict.

I Want to Live Initiative Discloses Details on Cuban Enlistment

I Want to Live, a official Kyiv project that urges enemy combatants to give up, said in spring: "We reliably know the personal data of 1,028 Cubans who enlisted with the Russian military in 2023-2024."

The government in Havana commented of those who might be engaged: "Undeniably that none of them have the support, dedication, or consent of the government in Havana for their actions."

Kin of Cuban nationals who traveled to the Russian Federation in 2023 told international media at the time that their family members had been misled into enlisting through advertisements on online platforms.