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Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles have hit the Russian oil processing plant in Ufa, located around 1,400 kilometers from the Ukrainian border, triggering explosions and a inferno, as reported by a source in Ukraine's Security Service.

This marks the latest SBU deep strike in the region in the past month. Those operations show that there are no protected areas in the far hinterland of the Russian state.

Ukrainian President Calls On Trump to Facilitate Truce in Ukraine

Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged the US President to broker peace in the Ukrainian conflict over a telephone conversation on the weekend.

"Provided that a hostilities can be ended in a single area, then certainly other wars can be stopped as well, covering the Russian aggression," the President stated, hailing the US President's "outstanding" Gaza ceasefire plan and requesting the President to compel the Kremlin into discussions.

Russian Strikes Kill Victims in the Country

Moscow's assaults on Ukraine killed at least several civilians on the weekend and cut power to sections of the south Odesa region, as stated by Ukrainian officials.

A pair of individuals lost their lives within a church in the town when it was targeted, per regional officials.

In the Russian frontier area of the Belgorod region, a vehicle operator was killed by a Ukrainian strike, as stated by municipal sources.

Electricity Restoration Work in the Capital

Operations proceeded on Saturday to recover electricity in Kyiv, after assaults.

Power had been restored to more than 800,000 inhabitants by the weekend and the biggest private energy company announced the key operations to restore power was concluded though partial blackouts continued.

Anti-Aircraft Operations and Drone Interceptions

Ukraine's air defences neutralized 54 of seventy-eight enemy drones deployed against Ukraine in the dark hours, the military reported on the weekend.

Russia's defense officials stated it eliminated 42 enemy drones over Russian territory.

Cuban Government Denies Allegations of Sending Soldiers to the War

Havana on the weekend rejected American assertions it has deployed soldiers to fight in the conflict in Ukraine, while stating the government "lack exact details about individuals" participating "on their own" or "within the troops of either party".

The foreign ministry in the capital said 26 Cubans had been given prison terms to incarceration from five to 14 years for mercenary involvement since last September when information spread of Cubans being dispatched to the battlefield in Ukraine.

Surrender Initiative Project Reveals Information on Cuban Enlistment

I Want to Live, a state program that encourages enemy combatants to lay down arms, stated in spring: "Our information indicates the identities and information of 1,028 individuals who entered into agreements with the Russian armed forces in the past two years."

The Cuban foreign ministry commented of Cuban nationals who might be involved: "There is no doubt that not a single one have the encouragement, dedication, or consent of the government in Havana for their involvement."

Relatives of individuals who traveled to the Russian Federation in 2023 informed Agence France-Presse at the time that their relatives had been misled into enlisting through ads on social media.