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Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles have targeted the Russian oil processing plant in Ufa, positioned approximately 1,400 km from Ukraine, resulting in detonations and a fire, per a insider in the Ukrainian intelligence agency.

This constitutes the latest SBU deep strike in the region in the past month. Such strikes demonstrate that there are no secure zones in the distant backlines of the Russian state.

Ukrainian President Urges US President to Mediate Truce in Ukraine

The Ukrainian leader urged the US President to mediate a ceasefire in the Ukrainian conflict during a telephone conversation on the weekend.

"When a war can be ended in a single area, then undoubtedly other wars can be ended as well, covering the conflict with Russia," he stated, commending Trump's "outstanding" Middle East ceasefire plan and urging the American leader to pressure the Russian government into negotiations.

Russian Strikes Take Victims in Ukraine

Strikes by Russia on Ukraine resulted in the deaths of several civilians on the weekend and cut power to areas of the south Odesa area, per authorities in Ukraine.

A pair of individuals died in a place of worship in Kostyantynivka when it was targeted, according to local authorities.

In Russia's frontier area of Belgorod, a lorry operator was killed by a Ukrainian strike, as stated by local officials.

Energy Repair Efforts in Kyiv

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

Energy had been restored to over 800,000 citizens by Saturday and the major private energy company announced the primary work to recover electricity was complete though certain disruptions persisted.

Anti-Aircraft Operations and Drone Jamming

Ukraine's defense forces intercepted or jammed 54 of seventy-eight UAVs from Russia launched against the country during the night, the aerial defense command announced on the weekend.

Russia's defense officials claimed it eliminated 42 drones over the country's airspace.

Cuba Rejects Allegations of Sending Forces to Ukraine

Havana on the weekend rejected US allegations it has provided soldiers to participate in the conflict in Ukraine, while declaring officials in Havana "lack exact information about individuals" participating "independently" or "within the troops of both sides".

The ministry in Havana stated twenty-six nationals had been given prison terms to prison terms varying between five up to fourteen years for participating as mercenaries since the autumn of 2023 when information emerged of individuals being deployed to the battlefield in Ukraine.

I Want to Live Initiative Reveals Data on Cuban Enlistment

The program, a Ukrainian government initiative that promotes adversaries to surrender, said in May: "We reliably know the personal data of one thousand and twenty-eight Cuban nationals who enlisted with the Russian armed forces in the past two years."

The Cuban foreign ministry stated of those who might be engaged: "Undeniably that not a single one has the backing, commitment, or approval of the Cuban authorities for their involvement."

Family members of Cubans who traveled to Russia in 2023 reported to news outlets at the time that their family members had been deceptively recruited through promotions on social media.