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Ukrainian UAVs have hit Russia's oil facility in the city of Ufa, positioned approximately 1,400 km from Ukraine, triggering blasts and a blaze, according to a insider in the Ukrainian SBU.

This marks the 3rd intelligence far-reaching assault in the region in the recent weeks. Those strikes show that there are no safe places in the deep rear of the Russia.

Zelenskyy Urges US President to Mediate Peace in the Conflict

The Ukrainian leader urged Donald Trump to facilitate a truce in the Ukrainian conflict over a call on Saturday.

"When a hostilities can be ended in one region, then undoubtedly additional conflicts can be stopped as well, encompassing the Russian aggression," the President said, hailing the US President's "outstanding" Middle East truce proposal and requesting the American leader to compel the Moscow into negotiations.

Moscow's Assaults Claim Casualties in the Country

Russian attacks on Ukrainian territory claimed the lives of five people on the weekend and caused blackouts to areas of Ukraine's southern Odesa region, per local sources.

Two people died in a religious building in Kostyantynivka when it was hit, per local authorities.

In the Russian adjacent territory of Belgorod, a lorry operator was lost his life by a drone assault, per regional authorities.

Power Recovery Work in Kyiv

Efforts proceeded on Saturday to restore power in Kyiv, after assaults.

Energy had been returned to over 800,000 inhabitants by the weekend and the major private energy company said the key operations to repair the grid was concluded though partial blackouts continued.

Anti-Aircraft Efforts and Drone Interceptions

Ukraine's defense forces neutralized 54 out of seventy-eight Russian drones sent towards Ukraine overnight, the air force said on Saturday.

Russia's defence ministry claimed it eliminated forty-two Ukrainian drones over the country's airspace.

Cuba Refutes Allegations of Sending Troops to the War

The Cuban government on Saturday refuted American assertions it has deployed military personnel to participate in the Ukraine war, while stating officials in Havana "are without exact information about citizens of Cuba" participating "voluntarily" or "in the military forces of either party".

The ministry in Havana said twenty-six Cubans had been sentenced to incarceration varying between 5 to 14 years for mercenary involvement since last September when news emerged of Cubans being dispatched to the front in Ukraine.

Surrender Initiative Project Discloses Data on Cuban Involvement

The program, a official Kyiv program that promotes enemy combatants to give up, reported in May: "Our information indicates the identities and information of 1,028 Cuban nationals who signed contracts with the Russian military in 2023-2024."

The Cuban authorities stated of Cubans who might be involved: "It is irrefutable that none of them possesses the encouragement, commitment, or authorization of the Cuban authorities for their activities."

Kin of Cubans who traveled to Russia in 2023 reported to news outlets at the time that their loved ones had been deceptively recruited through promotions on digital networks.