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Ukrainian UAVs have struck the Russian oil refinery in the city of Ufa, located approximately 1,400 km from the Ukrainian border, causing detonations and a blaze, according to a insider in Ukraine's Security Service.

This constitutes the 3rd SBU long-range attack in Bashkortostan in the recent weeks. Such strikes illustrate that there are no secure zones in the distant backlines of the Russian Federation.

Zelenskyy Calls On US President to Facilitate Truce in Ukraine

Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged President Trump to broker peace in the Ukrainian conflict over a telephone conversation on Saturday.

"Provided that a conflict can be ended in a single area, then certainly other wars can be halted as well, including the Russian war," he stated, praising Trump's "remarkable" Middle East ceasefire plan and urging the American leader to pressure the Kremlin into talks.

Russian Strikes Kill Casualties in Ukraine

Russian attacks on Ukrainian territory killed at least 5 individuals on Saturday and disrupted electricity to parts of the south Odesa oblast, per Ukrainian officials.

Two civilians died within a place of worship in Kostyantynivka when it was struck, per regional officials.

In Russia's frontier area of Belgorod, a vehicle operator was fatally wounded by a drone assault, according to local officials.

Electricity Repair Efforts in Kyiv

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

Power had been returned to in excess of 800,000 citizens by Saturday and the largest power firm stated the primary operations to recover electricity was finished though certain disruptions continued.

Anti-Aircraft Actions and UAV Interceptions

The Ukrainian air defences neutralized fifty-four of 78 total enemy drones deployed against the country during the night, the aerial defense command said on the weekend.

Russia's defence ministry said it intercepted 42 enemy drones over the country's airspace.

Cuban Government Rejects Allegations of Deploying Soldiers to the War

Cuba on the weekend rejected US assertions it has sent troops to participate in the hostilities, while affirming officials in Havana "do not have exact details about Cuban nationals" engaged "independently" or "as part of the armed units of either party".

The foreign ministry in Havana said 26 Cuban citizens had been convicted to incarceration from five to 14 years for mercenary activity since last September when news spread of Cubans being deployed to the battlefield in the conflict.

Surrender Initiative Program Reveals Data on Cuban Recruitment

I Want to Live, a state initiative that promotes adversaries to surrender, reported in May: "We reliably know the personal data of over a thousand individuals who entered into agreements with the Russian armed forces in the past two years."

The government in Havana stated of Cubans who might be engaged: "There is no doubt that none of them possesses the backing, commitment, or approval of the Cuban state for their activities."

Family members of Cubans who departed to Russia in 2023 reported to international media at the time that their loved ones had been misled into enlisting through ads on social media.