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Ukraine's drones have struck the Russian oil processing plant in the city of Ufa, located approximately 1,400 kilometres from the Ukrainian border, triggering explosions and a fire, according to a source in the Ukrainian intelligence agency.

This represents the third SBU far-reaching assault in the region in the last month. These strikes show that there are no safe places in the distant backlines of the Russian Federation.

Ukrainian President Urges US President to Facilitate Ceasefire in the Conflict

Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged the US President to facilitate a truce in the Ukrainian conflict over a call on the weekend.

"If a war can be stopped in a single area, then undoubtedly further hostilities can be stopped as well, including the conflict with Russia," the President said, hailing Trump's "remarkable" Middle East ceasefire plan and urging the US president to compel the Russian government into discussions.

Russian Assaults Take Victims in the Country

Russian attacks on Ukraine claimed the lives of five people on the weekend and cut power to parts of the southern Odesa region, per local sources.

Two civilians were killed in a religious building in Kostyantynivka when it was hit, according to local authorities.

In the Russian adjacent territory of Belgorod, a truck driver was killed by a drone assault, according to local officials.

Energy Repair Work in the Capital

Operations carried on on Saturday to repair energy infrastructure in the Ukrainian capital, after assaults.

Electricity had been restored to more than 800,000 inhabitants by the weekend and the biggest private energy company stated the key efforts to restore power was complete though some outages persisted.

Air Defence Actions and UAV Downings

Ukraine's anti-aircraft systems intercepted or jammed fifty-four of 78 total UAVs from Russia launched against Ukraine overnight, the aerial defense command reported on the weekend.

The Russian defence ministry claimed it eliminated 42 enemy Ukrainian drones over Russian territory.

Cuba Denies Claims of Providing Troops to Ukraine

Havana on the weekend rejected American allegations it has provided soldiers to fight in the conflict in Ukraine, while declaring officials in Havana "lack exact information about Cuban nationals" engaged "voluntarily" or "in the military forces of either party".

The ministry in the capital stated 26 Cubans had been convicted to prison terms ranging from five up to fourteen years for participating as mercenaries since the autumn of 2023 when reports spread of Cubans being deployed to the battlefield in the conflict.

I Want to Live Project Reveals Data on Cuban National Involvement

I Want to Live, a Ukrainian government project that encourages enemy combatants to surrender, said in May: "We have confirmed the identities and information of over a thousand Cuban nationals who signed contracts with the Russian military in recently."

The Cuban authorities commented of Cuban nationals who might be participating: "There is no doubt that none of them have the encouragement, allegiance, or authorization of the government in Havana for their actions."

Kin of Cubans who departed to Russia in 2023 informed international media at the time that their loved ones had been misled into enlisting through promotions on social media.