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Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles have hit the Russian oil facility in Ufa, positioned some 1,400 kilometers from the Ukrainian border, causing detonations and a blaze, according to a informed individual in Ukraine's SBU.

This marks the 3rd SBU deep strike in Bashkortostan in the last month. Those strikes demonstrate that there are no secure zones in the deep rear of the Russian state.

Ukrainian President Calls On Trump to Broker Peace in Ukraine

President Zelenskyy called on the US President to broker peace in Ukraine in a phone call on the weekend.

"When a conflict can be stopped in one region, then undoubtedly additional conflicts can be ended as well, including the Russian aggression," Zelenskyy stated, praising Trump's "exceptional" Gaza truce proposal and urging the President to compel the Moscow into negotiations.

Russian Attacks Kill Lives in Ukraine

Moscow's assaults on Ukraine resulted in the deaths of five people on the weekend and cut power to areas of the south Odesa region, according to local sources.

Two people died inside a religious building in the town when it was targeted, according to local authorities.

In Russia's border region of the Belgorod region, a truck driver was lost his life by a attack from Ukraine, according to local officials.

Power Restoration Efforts in Kyiv

Operations carried on on Saturday to recover electricity in the Ukrainian capital, after strikes by Moscow.

Electricity had been returned to more than 800,000 residents by the weekend and the largest power firm said the primary operations to recover electricity was concluded though partial blackouts remained.

Anti-Aircraft Efforts and Drone Interceptions

Ukraine's air defences downed or disrupted fifty-four of seventy-eight Russian drones sent towards the country overnight, the military reported on the weekend.

The Russian defense officials stated it shot down 42 drones over the country's airspace.

Cuba Refutes Claims of Providing Soldiers to the War

The Cuban government on Saturday denied American allegations it has provided troops to fight in the conflict in Ukraine, while affirming the government "do not have accurate details about Cuban nationals" participating "independently" or "in the military forces of either party".

The ministry in the capital said 26 Cuban citizens had been given prison terms to prison terms from five up to fourteen years for participating as mercenaries since last September when news emerged of Cubans being sent to the front in the conflict.

I Want to Live Program Reports Information on Cuban Enlistment

I Want to Live, a Ukrainian government project that promotes enemy combatants to lay down arms, said in spring: "We reliably know the personal data of one thousand and twenty-eight individuals who signed contracts with the Moscow's troops in the past two years."

The Cuban foreign ministry said of Cuban nationals who might be engaged: "Undeniably that no individual possesses the encouragement, allegiance, or authorization of the Cuban authorities for their actions."

Family members of Cuban nationals who left for Russia in 2023 told international media at the time that their relatives had been misled into enlisting through promotions on online platforms.