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Ukrainian drones have struck the Russian oil refinery in the city of Ufa, situated approximately 1,400 kilometres from the Ukrainian border, resulting in blasts and a fire, per a informed individual in the Ukrainian intelligence agency.

This constitutes the third SBU far-reaching assault in the region in the recent weeks. Those attacks show that there are no protected areas in the deep rear of the Russian Federation.

Ukrainian President Calls On Trump to Mediate Ceasefire in Ukraine

President Zelenskyy urged Donald Trump to facilitate a truce in the Ukrainian conflict in a phone call on Saturday.

"When a war can be ended in a single area, then surely additional conflicts can be ended as well, covering the Russian war," the President stated, commending Trump's "exceptional" Gaza peace initiative and urging the US president to compel the Kremlin into talks.

Moscow's Attacks Take Victims in the Country

Strikes by Russia on Ukrainian territory killed at least several civilians on Saturday and disrupted electricity to areas of the southern Odesa region, as stated by local sources.

Two people died in a religious building in the town when it was struck, per local authorities.

In the Russian frontier area of Belgorod, a lorry operator was fatally wounded by a Ukrainian strike, per municipal sources.

Energy Restoration Work in Kyiv

Work carried on on the weekend to recover electricity in the Ukrainian capital, after strikes by Moscow.

Energy had been returned to over 800,000 inhabitants by the weekend and the major private energy company stated the key efforts to repair the grid was concluded though some outages remained.

Air Defence Efforts and UAV Jamming

The Ukrainian anti-aircraft systems downed or disrupted 54 of seventy-eight enemy drones sent targeting Ukraine overnight, the aerial defense command announced on the weekend.

The Russian military authorities stated it shot down forty-two Ukrainian drones over the country's airspace.

Cuba Rejects Claims of Deploying Soldiers to Ukraine

Cuba on the weekend denied American assertions it has provided troops to engage in the conflict in Ukraine, while declaring the government "are without accurate data about Cuban nationals" engaged "independently" or "as part of the armed units of the conflicting parties".

The ministry in Havana said 26 Cubans had been convicted to prison terms ranging from five up to fourteen years for mercenary activity since the autumn of 2023 when news spread of Cubans being sent to the front in Ukraine.

Surrender Initiative Project Reports Data on Cuban Enlistment

The program, a Ukrainian government project that urges adversaries to lay down arms, said in spring: "Our information indicates the personal data of one thousand and twenty-eight Cubans who entered into agreements with the Russian armed forces in the past two years."

The Cuban foreign ministry stated of those who might be participating: "There is no doubt that not a single one possesses the support, dedication, or approval of the Cuban state for their involvement."

Family members of individuals who left for Russia in the year informed Agence France-Presse at the time that their loved ones had been misled into enlisting through promotions on online platforms.