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Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles have targeted Russia's oil facility in the city of Ufa, located around 1,400 km from the Ukrainian border, causing blasts and a inferno, according to a insider in Ukraine's SBU.

This constitutes the third SBU deep strike in Bashkortostan in the recent weeks. These strikes demonstrate that there are no safe places in the far hinterland of the Russian Federation.

Ukrainian President Calls On US President to Facilitate Peace in Ukraine

The Ukrainian leader appealed to Donald Trump to broker peace in Ukraine over a telephone conversation on the weekend.

"If a hostilities can be ended in a single area, then certainly additional conflicts can be halted as well, covering the Russian war," Zelenskyy stated, hailing Trump's "outstanding" Gaza peace initiative and calling for the US president to pressure the Moscow into negotiations.

Russian Attacks Claim Casualties in Ukraine

Russian attacks on Ukrainian territory resulted in the deaths of five people on Saturday and caused blackouts to areas of the southern Odesa region, according to Ukrainian officials.

A pair of individuals lost their lives in a religious building in Kostyantynivka when it was hit, according to regional officials.

In Russia's adjacent territory of Belgorod, a lorry operator was killed by a drone assault, according to local officials.

Energy Restoration Operations in the Capital

Work continued on the weekend to recover electricity in the Ukrainian capital, after strikes by Moscow.

Energy had been recovered to in excess of 800,000 citizens by Saturday and the largest utility provider stated the key operations to recover electricity was finished though some outages continued.

Anti-Aircraft Efforts and UAV Jamming

Ukraine's anti-aircraft systems intercepted or jammed fifty-four of 78 UAVs from Russia deployed targeting the country during the night, the aerial defense command reported on Saturday.

The Russian defence ministry stated it eliminated forty-two drones over the country's airspace.

Cuban Government Denies Allegations of Providing Forces to the War

Havana on the weekend denied American assertions it has provided troops to fight in the conflict in Ukraine, while affirming Cuban authorities "lack accurate data about individuals" engaged "independently" or "in the military forces of both sides".

The government department in Havana said 26 nationals had been convicted to incarceration varying between five up to fourteen years for mercenary involvement since last September when information circulated of individuals being dispatched to the frontlines in Ukraine.

I Want to Live Initiative Reports Data on Cuban Enlistment

The surrender initiative, a state program that encourages opposing fighters to lay down arms, said in spring: "We have confirmed the personal data of 1,028 individuals who enlisted with the Russian military in 2023-2024."

The government in Havana commented of Cuban nationals who might be engaged: "It is irrefutable that none of them possesses the support, allegiance, or consent of the government in Havana for their actions."

Family members of individuals who traveled to the Russian Federation in 2023 reported to Agence France-Presse at the time that their relatives had been tricked into joining through advertisements on digital networks.