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Ukrainian drones have targeted Russia's oil refinery in Ufa, located approximately 1,400 km from Ukraine, resulting in blasts and a inferno, per a informed individual in Ukraine's Security Service.

This represents the 3rd SBU long-range attack in the region in the recent weeks. These attacks illustrate that there are no secure zones in the far hinterland of the Russian Federation.

Zelenskyy Appeals to Trump to Broker Truce in the Conflict

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

"If a conflict can be halted in a particular zone, then certainly additional conflicts can be halted as well, covering the Russian aggression," he said, hailing Trump's "remarkable" Gaza peace initiative and requesting the President to influence the Russian government into discussions.

Moscow's Strikes Kill Lives in Ukraine

Russian attacks on Ukrainian territory claimed the lives of five people on Saturday and caused blackouts to sections of the southern Odesa oblast, as stated by local sources.

A pair of individuals lost their lives inside a church in Kostyantynivka when it was struck, as reported by local authorities.

In the Russian adjacent territory of Belgorod, a lorry operator was fatally wounded by a Ukrainian strike, according to local officials.

Energy Repair Operations in the Capital

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

Electricity had been recovered to in excess of 800,000 inhabitants by Saturday and the largest power firm said the key operations to restore power was concluded though some outages remained.

Air Defence Operations and Drone Downings

Ukraine's air defences intercepted or jammed 54 out of 78 total Russian drones sent targeting Ukraine in the dark hours, the air force announced on Saturday.

Russia's defence ministry claimed it intercepted 42 drones over its own soil.

Cuban Government Rejects Claims of Sending Forces to the War

The Cuban government on Saturday rejected US claims it has sent soldiers to fight in the Ukraine war, while declaring officials in Havana "are without accurate details about Cuban nationals" participating "on their own" or "as part of the armed units of the conflicting parties".

The government department in the capital said twenty-six nationals had been convicted to jail sentences ranging from 5 to 14 years for mercenary activity since September 2023 when information circulated of Cubans being sent to the frontlines in Ukraine.

I Want to Live Initiative Discloses Data on Cuban National Enlistment

I Want to Live, a state project that urges enemy combatants to lay down arms, said in spring: "Our information indicates the names and personal details of 1,028 Cubans who enlisted with the Russian military in the past two years."

The Cuban authorities stated of Cubans who might be involved: "It is irrefutable that none of them has the backing, allegiance, or approval of the Cuban authorities for their actions."

Kin of individuals who departed to the Russian Federation in the year informed international media at the time that their family members had been misled into enlisting through ads on social media.