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Ukraine's unmanned aerial vehicles have hit the Russian Bashneft facility in Ufa, located around 1,400 kilometers from Ukraine, causing detonations and a inferno, according to a source in the Ukrainian SBU.

This represents the latest Ukrainian security service long-range attack in Bashkortostan in the past month. These attacks show that there are no protected areas in the far hinterland of the Russia.

Zelenskyy Appeals to US President to Facilitate Truce in the Conflict

President Zelenskyy urged President Trump to facilitate a truce in Ukraine over a phone call on the weekend.

"If a hostilities can be ended in a single area, then certainly other wars can be halted as well, including the Russian aggression," Zelenskyy said, commending Trump's "outstanding" Gaza truce proposal and requesting the American leader to pressure the Russian government into negotiations.

Russian Assaults Take Casualties in Ukraine

Strikes by Russia on Ukrainian territory killed at least 5 individuals on the weekend and cut power to parts of Ukraine's south Odesa region, per local sources.

A pair of individuals lost their lives in a religious building in Kostyantynivka when it was targeted, per local authorities.

In the Russian frontier area of the Belgorod region, a vehicle operator was fatally wounded by a Ukrainian strike, according to municipal sources.

Electricity Restoration Work in Kyiv

Efforts carried on on the weekend to repair energy infrastructure in the Ukrainian capital, after assaults.

Power had been recovered to in excess of 800,000 inhabitants by Saturday and the largest private energy company said the key efforts to recover electricity was finished though partial blackouts remained.

Air Defence Efforts and Drone Downings

The Ukrainian anti-aircraft systems downed or disrupted 54 of 78 UAVs from Russia deployed against the country in the dark hours, the military announced on Saturday.

Russia's defence ministry claimed it eliminated forty-two Ukrainian drones over Russian territory.

Cuban Government Rejects Claims of Sending Troops to the War

Havana on Saturday rejected US claims it has deployed soldiers to fight in the Ukraine war, while stating the government "do not have exact data about Cuban nationals" engaged "on their own" or "as part of the armed units of both sides".

The government department in Havana stated 26 Cuban citizens had been sentenced to jail sentences from 5 to 14 years for mercenary involvement since last September when information circulated of Cubans being deployed to the front in Ukraine.

Surrender Initiative Initiative Reveals Data on Cuban Enlistment

The program, a state program that encourages enemy combatants to give up, reported in spring: "We have confirmed the personal data of over a thousand Cuban nationals who entered into agreements with the Moscow's troops in 2023-2024."

The Cuban foreign ministry commented of Cubans who might be involved: "It is irrefutable that no individual have the backing, allegiance, or approval of the government in Havana for their activities."

Kin of Cuban nationals who left for the Russian Federation in the year reported to Agence France-Presse at the time that their family members had been misled into enlisting through ads on digital networks.