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Ukrainian UAVs have targeted Russia's oil facility in the city of Ufa, situated approximately 1,400 kilometers from Ukraine, triggering explosions and a inferno, as reported by a source in the Ukrainian intelligence agency.

This marks the 3rd intelligence deep strike in the region in the last month. These strikes show that there are no protected areas in the distant backlines of the Russia.

Ukrainian President Appeals to Trump to Broker Truce in the Conflict

President Zelenskyy appealed to the US President to broker peace in the Ukrainian conflict in a phone call on Saturday.

"Provided that a hostilities can be halted in one region, then surely additional conflicts can be stopped as well, encompassing the Russian war," he said, commending the US President's "remarkable" Middle East truce proposal and requesting the US president to pressure the Russian government into discussions.

Russian Attacks Claim Lives in the Country

Strikes by Russia on Ukrainian territory resulted in the deaths of 5 individuals on the weekend and cut power to areas of Ukraine's south Odesa oblast, per authorities in Ukraine.

Two civilians lost their lives within a church in Kostyantynivka when it was hit, per regional officials.

In Russia's border region of the Belgorod region, a truck driver was fatally wounded by a Ukrainian strike, per regional authorities.

Power Restoration Work in the Capital

Efforts carried on on the weekend to restore power in the Ukrainian capital, after strikes by Moscow.

Power had been restored to more than 800,000 residents by Saturday and the major utility provider said the main operations to recover electricity was concluded though some outages persisted.

Air Defence Efforts and Drone Jamming

Ukraine's anti-aircraft systems intercepted or jammed 54 out of 78 total UAVs from Russia launched targeting the country overnight, the aerial defense command reported on the weekend.

Russia's defence ministry claimed it intercepted forty-two Ukrainian drones over Russian territory.

Cuban Government Denies Allegations of Providing Soldiers to the War

The Cuban government on the weekend denied American claims it has provided military personnel to engage in the hostilities, while affirming Cuban authorities "do not have exact data about individuals" involved "voluntarily" or "within the troops of either party".

The foreign ministry in the capital announced twenty-six nationals had been convicted to prison terms ranging from five to 14 years for participating as mercenaries since the autumn of 2023 when information emerged of Cuban nationals being deployed to the battlefield in Ukraine.

I Want to Live Project Reveals Data on Cuban Involvement

The surrender initiative, a official Kyiv program that encourages adversaries to give up, stated in May: "We have confirmed the identities and information of one thousand and twenty-eight individuals who signed contracts with the Russian armed forces in 2023-2024."

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

Relatives of Cuban nationals who left for Russia in the year reported to news outlets at the time that their loved ones had been tricked into joining through ads on social media.