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Ukraine's drones have hit the Russian Bashneft processing plant in the city of Ufa, positioned some 1,400 kilometres from Ukraine, causing explosions and a blaze, per a insider in the Ukrainian SBU.

This constitutes the 3rd Ukrainian security service far-reaching assault in the region in the recent weeks. Such strikes demonstrate that there are no protected areas in the deep rear of the Russian state.

Zelenskyy Appeals to Trump to Mediate Peace in the Conflict

Volodymyr Zelenskyy appealed to President Trump to mediate a ceasefire in Ukraine during a telephone conversation on Saturday.

"Provided that a hostilities can be stopped in a particular zone, then surely other wars can be halted as well, encompassing the Russian war," the President stated, hailing Trump's "exceptional" Middle East ceasefire plan and urging the US president to pressure the Moscow into talks.

Moscow's Strikes Kill Casualties in Ukraine

Russian attacks on Ukraine claimed the lives of several civilians on the weekend and caused blackouts to areas of the south Odesa area, as stated by authorities in Ukraine.

A pair of individuals were killed in a place of worship in Kostyantynivka when it was targeted, as reported by municipal sources.

In the Russian adjacent territory of Belgorod, a truck driver was fatally wounded by a Ukrainian strike, according to municipal sources.

Energy Restoration Work in the Capital

Operations proceeded on the weekend to recover electricity in Kyiv, after Russian attacks.

Electricity had been returned to more than 800,000 citizens by the weekend and the major private energy company stated the primary operations to repair the grid was complete though some outages continued.

Air Defence Operations and Drone Jamming

Ukraine's defense forces downed or disrupted fifty-four of 78 total enemy drones launched against the country overnight, the air force reported on Saturday.

The Russian defense officials said it eliminated forty-two Ukrainian drones over its own soil.

Cuba Refutes Claims of Providing Troops to the War

Cuba on Saturday rejected US claims it has sent soldiers to fight in the conflict in Ukraine, while declaring officials in Havana "are without exact details about citizens of Cuba" involved "on their own" or "within the troops of both sides".

The ministry in Havana announced twenty-six Cuban citizens had been sentenced to jail sentences from five to 14 years for mercenary involvement since the autumn of 2023 when reports emerged of Cubans being dispatched to the battlefield in Ukraine.

Surrender Initiative Program Reports Information on Cuban Recruitment

The program, a Ukrainian government project that promotes enemy combatants to surrender, said in spring: "We reliably know the personal data of one thousand and twenty-eight Cuban nationals who signed contracts with the Russian armed forces in recently."

The Cuban foreign ministry stated of Cubans who might be participating: "There is no doubt that not a single one have the support, dedication, or approval of the Cuban authorities for their involvement."

Relatives of Cubans who left for the Russian Federation in 2023 told international media at the time that their loved ones had been deceptively recruited through promotions on digital networks.