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Ukraine's drones have struck Russia's oil facility in the city of Ufa, positioned some 1,400 kilometres from Ukraine, triggering detonations and a inferno, according to a source in Ukraine's intelligence agency.

This marks the latest intelligence long-range attack in Bashkortostan in the recent weeks. Those operations illustrate that there are no protected areas in the distant backlines of the Russian Federation.

Zelenskyy Calls On US President to Facilitate Ceasefire in Ukraine

Volodymyr Zelenskyy called on President Trump to broker peace in Ukraine in a telephone conversation on Saturday.

"Provided that a hostilities can be halted in a single area, then surely further hostilities can be ended as well, covering the Russian aggression," he remarked, hailing the US President's "remarkable" Middle East truce proposal and urging the US president to compel the Russian government into talks.

Moscow's Strikes Take Victims in the Country

Moscow's assaults on Ukraine killed at least 5 individuals on the weekend and disrupted electricity to sections of Ukraine's south Odesa region, per Ukrainian officials.

Two civilians were killed inside a church in the town when it was struck, according to municipal sources.

In the Russian border region of the Belgorod region, a truck driver was fatally wounded by a Ukrainian strike, per local officials.

Energy Repair Work in Kyiv

Efforts proceeded on the weekend to recover electricity in Kyiv, after Russian attacks.

Power had been recovered to in excess of 800,000 citizens by the weekend and the major utility provider said the key efforts to restore power was finished though partial blackouts continued.

Air Defence Efforts and Drone Downings

The Ukrainian air defences downed or disrupted 54 of seventy-eight Russian drones sent targeting the country overnight, the military announced on Saturday.

Russia's defence ministry stated it eliminated 42 enemy UAVs from Ukraine over the country's airspace.

Cuban Government Rejects Accusations of Deploying Forces to Ukraine

The Cuban government on the weekend denied American allegations it has sent soldiers to participate in the hostilities, while stating Cuban authorities "lack exact details about individuals" participating "on their own" or "in the military forces of both sides".

The government department in Havana announced twenty-six Cuban citizens had been given prison terms to incarceration ranging from five up to fourteen years for mercenary activity since last September when information spread of individuals being dispatched to the front in the conflict.

I Want to Live Project Reveals Details on Cuban Recruitment

The program, a official Kyiv initiative that promotes opposing fighters to surrender, stated in spring: "We have confirmed the personal data of 1,028 Cuban nationals who signed contracts with the Russian military in the past two years."

The government in Havana said of Cuban nationals who might be engaged: "Undeniably that not a single one have the encouragement, commitment, or approval of the Cuban state for their actions."

Relatives of Cubans who departed to Russia in 2023 informed news outlets at the time that their family members had been tricked into joining through advertisements on digital networks.