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Ukraine's UAVs have struck the Russian Bashneft refinery in Ufa, located approximately 1,400 kilometers from the Ukrainian border, resulting in detonations and a inferno, as reported by a informed individual in Ukraine's Security Service.

This constitutes the latest intelligence deep strike in the region in the last month. Such operations demonstrate that there are no secure zones in the distant backlines of the Russia.

Zelenskyy Urges Trump to Facilitate Ceasefire in Ukraine

President Zelenskyy appealed to President Trump to broker peace in the Ukrainian conflict in a telephone conversation on the weekend.

"When a war can be halted in a single area, then surely additional conflicts can be ended as well, including the Russian aggression," he stated, commending the US President's "remarkable" Gaza peace initiative and calling for the President to pressure the Russian government into negotiations.

Moscow's Assaults Kill Victims in Ukraine

Russian attacks on Ukrainian territory claimed the lives of several civilians on Saturday and cut power to parts of the south Odesa oblast, according to authorities in Ukraine.

A pair of individuals died inside a religious building in Kostyantynivka when it was targeted, as reported by regional officials.

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

Electricity Repair Operations in Kyiv

Operations carried on on the weekend to repair energy infrastructure in Kyiv, after strikes by Moscow.

Energy had been recovered to over 800,000 residents by Saturday and the largest private energy company announced the key work to restore power was concluded though partial blackouts remained.

Air Defence Actions and Drone Interceptions

The Ukrainian air defences intercepted or jammed fifty-four of 78 enemy drones launched towards the country during the night, the aerial defense command said on the weekend.

The Russian defense officials claimed it eliminated forty-two UAVs from Ukraine over the country's airspace.

Cuban Government Denies Claims of Deploying Soldiers to the War

Cuba on the weekend refuted American claims it has sent soldiers to fight in the Ukraine war, while affirming Cuban authorities "do not have exact details about citizens of Cuba" involved "independently" or "as part of the armed units of both sides".

The foreign ministry in Havana stated 26 Cuban citizens had been given prison terms to incarceration varying between five to 14 years for mercenary activity since last September when news emerged of Cubans being dispatched to the frontlines in Ukraine.

Surrender Initiative Initiative Reports Details on Cuban National Enlistment

I Want to Live, a official Kyiv project that promotes enemy combatants to give up, said in May: "Our information indicates the personal data of one thousand and twenty-eight Cuban nationals who entered into agreements with the Moscow's troops in recently."

The government in Havana said of those who might be participating: "Undeniably that not a single one has the encouragement, dedication, or approval of the Cuban authorities for their involvement."

Kin of individuals who left for Russia in the year reported to news outlets at the time that their loved ones had been deceptively recruited through ads on online platforms.