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Ukraine's UAVs have hit the Russian Bashneft refinery in the city of Ufa, positioned approximately 1,400 km from the Ukrainian border, triggering detonations and a fire, as reported by a source in Ukraine's Security Service.

This marks the third SBU long-range attack in Bashkortostan in the last month. Such operations illustrate that there are no safe places in the far hinterland of the Russian Federation.

Zelenskyy Appeals to Trump to Mediate Ceasefire in Ukraine

Volodymyr Zelenskyy called on President Trump to broker peace in Ukraine over a telephone conversation on the weekend.

"When a conflict can be stopped in a single area, then surely further hostilities can be stopped as well, encompassing the Russian aggression," Zelenskyy remarked, hailing Trump's "outstanding" Middle East truce proposal and urging the American leader to influence the Moscow into discussions.

Russian Assaults Take Casualties in the Country

Moscow's assaults on Ukrainian territory killed at least five people on Saturday and caused blackouts to parts of the south Odesa area, as stated by Ukrainian officials.

Two people were killed in a church in Kostyantynivka when it was targeted, according to municipal sources.

In Russia's frontier area of Belgorod, a truck driver was killed by a attack from Ukraine, per municipal sources.

Electricity Recovery Operations in Kyiv

Work carried on on the weekend to recover electricity in Kyiv, after Russian attacks.

Electricity had been recovered to over 800,000 residents by Saturday and the biggest utility provider stated the main efforts to restore power was concluded though some outages continued.

Air Defence Actions and Drone Downings

The Ukrainian defense forces neutralized 54 out of 78 total Russian drones launched targeting Ukraine during the night, the air force reported on the weekend.

Russia's defense officials claimed it eliminated forty-two Ukrainian drones over Russian territory.

Cuban Government Rejects Allegations of Sending Soldiers to Ukraine

The Cuban government on the weekend refuted American claims it has sent military personnel to participate in the Ukraine war, while stating Cuban authorities "are without precise data about citizens of Cuba" involved "voluntarily" or "in the military forces of either party".

The government department in the capital stated 26 Cuban citizens had been given prison terms to jail sentences varying between 5 to 14 years for participating as mercenaries since September 2023 when reports circulated of Cuban nationals being sent to the battlefield in the conflict.

Surrender Initiative Initiative Reveals Information on Cuban Involvement

The program, a state program that encourages enemy combatants to give up, stated in May: "We reliably know the personal data of over a thousand individuals who entered into agreements with the Russian military in recently."

The Cuban foreign ministry said of those who might be participating: "There is no doubt that none of them have the encouragement, commitment, or approval of the government in Havana for their activities."

Kin of Cuban nationals who left for Russia in 2023 told news outlets at the time that their loved ones had been misled into enlisting through ads on online platforms.