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Ukrainian UAVs have targeted the Russian oil processing plant in Ufa, positioned some 1,400 kilometres from the Ukrainian border, triggering detonations and a inferno, per a informed individual in the Ukrainian SBU.

This constitutes the third SBU far-reaching assault in the region in the last month. Those operations demonstrate that there are no secure zones in the deep rear of the Russia.

Ukrainian President Urges Trump to Mediate Ceasefire in the Conflict

The Ukrainian leader urged Donald Trump to facilitate a truce in Ukraine in a call on Saturday.

"If a hostilities can be stopped in a single area, then surely further hostilities can be stopped as well, encompassing the Russian war," he said, commending the US President's "exceptional" Middle East truce proposal and requesting the American leader to compel the Russian government into discussions.

Moscow's Attacks Take Victims in the Country

Russian attacks on Ukrainian territory claimed the lives of five people on Saturday and caused blackouts to sections of the south Odesa region, per Ukrainian officials.

Two people died within a church in Kostyantynivka when it was hit, according to regional officials.

In the Russian adjacent territory of Belgorod, a lorry operator was fatally wounded by a Ukrainian strike, as stated by regional authorities.

Energy Recovery Operations in the Capital

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

Electricity had been recovered to in excess of 800,000 residents by the weekend and the biggest utility provider stated the main operations to recover electricity was concluded though certain disruptions continued.

Anti-Aircraft Operations and UAV Jamming

Ukraine's air defences intercepted or jammed 54 of 78 enemy drones launched targeting Ukraine in the dark hours, the aerial defense command reported on the weekend.

The Russian defense officials claimed it eliminated 42 enemy UAVs from Ukraine over the country's airspace.

Cuban Government Denies Allegations of Deploying Soldiers to the War

The Cuban government on Saturday rejected American assertions it has sent military personnel to fight in the Ukraine war, while affirming Cuban authorities "do not have exact data about citizens of Cuba" involved "independently" or "in the military forces of the conflicting parties".

The government department in the capital said twenty-six nationals had been given prison terms to jail sentences varying between 5 to 14 years for participating as mercenaries since the autumn of 2023 when information emerged of individuals being dispatched to the front in the conflict.

I Want to Live Project Reports Data on Cuban National Involvement

The surrender initiative, a Ukrainian government program that urges opposing fighters to give up, stated in May: "We have confirmed the personal data of over a thousand Cuban nationals who enlisted with the Russian military in 2023-2024."

The Cuban authorities stated of Cubans who might be participating: "There is no doubt that none of them have the backing, commitment, or approval of the Cuban authorities for their actions."

Relatives of Cubans who traveled to Russia in the year told Agence France-Presse at the time that their loved ones had been deceptively recruited through advertisements on digital networks.