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Ukraine's unmanned aerial vehicles have struck the Russian Bashneft refinery in the city of Ufa, located approximately 1,400 kilometers from Ukraine, triggering detonations and a fire, per a source in the Ukrainian intelligence agency.

This constitutes the 3rd intelligence far-reaching assault in the region in the last month. Those strikes show that there are no safe places in the far hinterland of the Russian Federation.

Zelenskyy Appeals to US President to Facilitate Ceasefire in Ukraine

President Zelenskyy appealed to the US President to mediate a ceasefire in the Ukrainian conflict in a phone call on Saturday.

"When a war can be ended in a single area, then certainly additional conflicts can be stopped as well, including the Russian war," the President said, commending the US President's "outstanding" Middle East ceasefire plan and calling for the American leader to pressure the Russian government into talks.

Moscow's Attacks Take Casualties in Ukraine

Strikes by Russia on Ukraine killed at least 5 individuals on the weekend and cut power to sections of the southern Odesa area, according to local sources.

A pair of individuals were killed within a religious building in Kostyantynivka when it was targeted, as reported by local authorities.

In the Russian border region of Belgorod, a vehicle operator was lost his life by a attack from Ukraine, according to local officials.

Electricity Recovery Operations in the Capital

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

Electricity had been returned to over 800,000 citizens by Saturday and the biggest private energy company stated the key work to restore power was complete though some outages remained.

Air Defence Efforts and UAV Jamming

The Ukrainian anti-aircraft systems downed or disrupted 54 out of 78 UAVs from Russia launched towards the country during the night, the military announced on Saturday.

The Russian military authorities said it intercepted forty-two Ukrainian drones over Russian territory.

Cuba Refutes Allegations of Sending Troops to the War

The Cuban government on the weekend rejected US assertions it has deployed military personnel to engage in the hostilities, while stating Cuban authorities "are without accurate information about individuals" participating "on their own" or "as part of the armed units of either party".

The government department in the capital stated 26 Cubans had been sentenced to prison terms from five to 14 years for participating as mercenaries since September 2023 when reports spread of Cubans being deployed to the battlefield in Ukraine.

Surrender Initiative Project Discloses Data on Cuban Enlistment

The surrender initiative, a Ukrainian government project that urges opposing fighters to lay down arms, stated in May: "We have confirmed the personal data of over a thousand Cubans who entered into agreements with the Moscow's troops in recently."

The Cuban foreign ministry stated of Cuban nationals who might be engaged: "It is irrefutable that no individual has the support, allegiance, or consent of the government in Havana for their actions."

Family members of Cuban nationals who departed to the Russian Federation in 2023 reported to news outlets at the time that their family members had been tricked into joining through ads on online platforms.