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Ukraine's unmanned aerial vehicles have struck the Russian oil processing plant in Ufa, positioned around 1,400 kilometres from Ukraine, causing blasts and a blaze, per a insider in the Ukrainian intelligence agency.

This constitutes the 3rd SBU deep strike in Bashkortostan in the past month. Those strikes show that there are no protected areas in the distant backlines of the Russian state.

Zelenskyy Calls On US President to Mediate Truce in Ukraine

Volodymyr Zelenskyy called on President Trump to mediate a ceasefire in the Ukrainian conflict during a call on Saturday.

"Provided that a war can be ended in a single area, then undoubtedly further hostilities can be stopped as well, covering the conflict with Russia," he remarked, praising Trump's "outstanding" Middle East ceasefire plan and urging the President to influence the Russian government into negotiations.

Moscow's Attacks Take Casualties in Ukraine

Strikes by Russia on Ukraine killed at least several civilians on the weekend and caused blackouts to sections of the southern Odesa region, per authorities in Ukraine.

Two civilians lost their lives in a religious building in Kostyantynivka when it was targeted, as reported by local authorities.

In Russia's adjacent territory of the Belgorod region, a lorry operator was lost his life by a drone assault, as stated by municipal sources.

Energy Recovery Efforts in the Capital

Efforts carried on on Saturday to restore power in Kyiv, after strikes by Moscow.

Power had been returned to more than 800,000 inhabitants by the weekend and the largest power firm announced the main efforts to recover electricity was complete though partial blackouts persisted.

Air Defence Efforts and UAV Downings

The Ukrainian defense forces neutralized 54 out of 78 total UAVs from Russia deployed targeting the country overnight, the air force said on the weekend.

The Russian military authorities said it eliminated 42 enemy Ukrainian drones over the country's airspace.

Cuba Refutes Claims of Deploying Forces to the War

Havana on the weekend refuted US assertions it has provided soldiers to engage in the Ukraine war, while declaring Cuban authorities "are without exact details about individuals" engaged "independently" or "as part of the armed units of the conflicting parties".

The ministry in the capital said 26 Cuban citizens had been convicted to prison terms from 5 to 14 years for mercenary involvement since the autumn of 2023 when information spread of individuals being dispatched to the battlefield in the conflict.

Surrender Initiative Project Reports Details on Cuban National Recruitment

I Want to Live, a state program that urges enemy combatants to give up, reported in spring: "We have confirmed the personal data of one thousand and twenty-eight Cuban nationals who signed contracts with the Russian military in 2023-2024."

The Cuban authorities stated of those who might be involved: "Undeniably that no individual has the encouragement, allegiance, or approval of the government in Havana for their involvement."

Kin of Cubans who left for the Russian Federation in 2023 informed news outlets at the time that their loved ones had been deceptively recruited through ads on social media.