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Ukrainian UAVs have targeted the Russian oil refinery in the city of Ufa, situated approximately 1,400 kilometers from Ukraine, triggering blasts and a inferno, as reported by a source in the Ukrainian intelligence agency.

This represents the 3rd Ukrainian security service long-range attack in Bashkortostan in the recent weeks. These attacks illustrate that there are no safe places in the deep rear of the Russia.

Ukrainian President Calls On US President to Facilitate Ceasefire in Ukraine

President Zelenskyy called on Donald Trump to facilitate a truce in Ukraine over a telephone conversation on the weekend.

"When a hostilities can be halted in a single area, then undoubtedly other wars can be halted as well, including the conflict with Russia," the President stated, hailing the US President's "exceptional" Middle East ceasefire plan and calling for the American leader to pressure the Moscow into discussions.

Russian Attacks Take Lives in the Country

Moscow's assaults on Ukraine resulted in the deaths of five people on Saturday and cut power to areas of the south Odesa oblast, according to authorities in Ukraine.

Two people died within a place of worship in the town when it was struck, per municipal sources.

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

Electricity Restoration Operations in the Capital

Operations continued on the weekend to restore power in the Ukrainian capital, after strikes by Moscow.

Electricity had been recovered to in excess of 800,000 citizens by the weekend and the biggest power firm said the primary work to recover electricity was complete though certain disruptions continued.

Air Defence Actions and UAV Interceptions

Ukraine's anti-aircraft systems intercepted or jammed fifty-four of seventy-eight enemy drones sent towards the country in the dark hours, the air force reported on the weekend.

Russia's defence ministry stated it intercepted forty-two UAVs from Ukraine over the country's airspace.

Cuba Rejects Allegations of Providing Troops to Ukraine

Cuba on the weekend refuted US allegations it has sent military personnel to engage in the conflict in Ukraine, while declaring officials in Havana "lack exact information about Cuban nationals" participating "independently" or "as part of the armed units of the conflicting parties".

The ministry in the capital stated 26 Cuban citizens had been sentenced to jail sentences varying between five up to fourteen years for participating as mercenaries since last September when reports spread of individuals being sent to the battlefield in Ukraine.

Surrender Initiative Program Discloses Data on Cuban National Enlistment

The program, a Ukrainian government project that encourages opposing fighters to surrender, reported in spring: "Our information indicates the personal data of 1,028 Cuban nationals who signed contracts with the Moscow's troops in 2023-2024."

The Cuban authorities said of Cubans who might be participating: "It is irrefutable that none of them has the support, allegiance, or authorization of the Cuban state for their activities."

Family members of individuals who departed to Russia in 2023 reported to international media at the time that their relatives had been misled into enlisting through promotions on digital networks.