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Ukraine's drones have struck Russia's Bashneft processing plant in the city of Ufa, positioned some 1,400 kilometers from Ukraine, resulting in explosions and a fire, according to a insider in the Ukrainian Security Service.

This represents the latest SBU long-range attack in Bashkortostan in the past month. These strikes illustrate that there are no safe places in the distant backlines of the Russian Federation.

Zelenskyy Urges Trump to Mediate Ceasefire in the Conflict

The Ukrainian leader called on the US President to broker peace in Ukraine over a phone call on the weekend.

"Provided that a conflict can be halted in a particular zone, then certainly other wars can be ended as well, encompassing the conflict with Russia," Zelenskyy remarked, praising the US President's "outstanding" Middle East truce proposal and requesting the American leader to pressure the Kremlin into talks.

Moscow's Assaults Claim Casualties in the Country

Strikes by Russia on Ukrainian territory resulted in the deaths of five people on Saturday and caused blackouts to parts of Ukraine's south Odesa oblast, according to Ukrainian officials.

A pair of individuals were killed within a religious building in Kostyantynivka when it was struck, according to local authorities.

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

Power Restoration Work in Kyiv

Efforts carried on on Saturday to restore power in Kyiv, after Russian attacks.

Energy had been restored to in excess of 800,000 citizens by the weekend and the major power firm said the key operations to repair the grid was finished though some outages remained.

Anti-Aircraft Actions and Drone Downings

The Ukrainian defense forces neutralized 54 out of seventy-eight enemy drones launched towards Ukraine in the dark hours, the air force said on Saturday.

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

Cuba Denies Allegations of Providing Forces to Ukraine

Havana on the weekend refuted American assertions it has deployed soldiers to engage in the conflict in Ukraine, while affirming the government "do not have precise data about individuals" participating "on their own" or "as part of the armed units of either party".

The government department in Havana announced 26 Cubans had been sentenced to jail sentences from five to 14 years for mercenary activity since September 2023 when news emerged of individuals being deployed to the battlefield in Ukraine.

Surrender Initiative Program Reports Details on Cuban Enlistment

I Want to Live, a official Kyiv program that encourages adversaries to give up, stated in May: "Our information indicates the personal data of one thousand and twenty-eight Cubans who signed contracts with the Russian armed forces in recently."

The Cuban authorities said of Cubans who might be engaged: "It is irrefutable that no individual has the encouragement, commitment, or approval of the Cuban authorities for their actions."

Kin of Cuban nationals who departed to the Russian Federation in the year informed international media at the time that their family members had been deceptively recruited through ads on digital networks.