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Ukraine's drones have hit the Russian oil processing plant in the city of Ufa, located approximately 1,400 kilometers from the Ukrainian border, causing explosions and a inferno, as reported by a insider in Ukraine's SBU.

This marks the latest intelligence long-range attack in the region in the recent weeks. Those attacks demonstrate that there are no secure zones in the deep rear of the Russia.

Zelenskyy Calls On US President to Mediate Ceasefire in Ukraine

Volodymyr Zelenskyy appealed to Donald Trump to facilitate a truce in the Ukrainian conflict during a call on the weekend.

"If a war can be halted in one region, then certainly additional conflicts can be halted as well, covering the Russian aggression," he remarked, commending the US President's "remarkable" Gaza ceasefire plan and urging the American leader to pressure the Moscow into negotiations.

Russian Assaults Claim Victims in Ukraine

Moscow's assaults on Ukrainian territory resulted in the deaths of five people on the weekend and disrupted electricity to sections of Ukraine's southern Odesa region, per authorities in Ukraine.

Two people lost their lives within a religious building in the town when it was hit, according to municipal sources.

In the Russian adjacent territory of the Belgorod region, a lorry operator was fatally wounded by a attack from Ukraine, according to regional authorities.

Electricity Recovery Work in the Capital

Work carried on on Saturday to repair energy infrastructure in the Ukrainian capital, after strikes by Moscow.

Power had been recovered to in excess of 800,000 citizens by the weekend and the biggest private energy company stated the primary efforts to recover electricity was complete though some outages persisted.

Anti-Aircraft Operations and Drone Interceptions

The Ukrainian air defences neutralized 54 out of seventy-eight enemy drones deployed towards Ukraine during the night, the air force reported on the weekend.

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

Cuban Government Denies Accusations of Sending Troops to the War

Havana on Saturday refuted American assertions it has provided military personnel to participate in the Ukraine war, while affirming the government "do not have accurate details about Cuban nationals" engaged "voluntarily" or "within the troops of both sides".

The ministry in the capital announced 26 Cubans had been sentenced to incarceration ranging from five to 14 years for mercenary activity since last September when information spread of Cuban nationals being deployed to the battlefield in the conflict.

Surrender Initiative Initiative Reveals Information on Cuban National Recruitment

I Want to Live, a official Kyiv program that encourages adversaries to surrender, stated in May: "We reliably know the personal data of one thousand and twenty-eight Cuban nationals who entered into agreements with the Russian armed forces in 2023-2024."

The Cuban foreign ministry commented of Cuban nationals who might be engaged: "It is irrefutable that no individual possesses the support, dedication, or authorization of the Cuban state for their activities."

Family members of Cuban nationals who traveled to the Russian Federation in 2023 told Agence France-Presse at the time that their loved ones had been deceptively recruited through advertisements on digital networks.