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Ukrainian drones have targeted the Russian oil facility in the city of Ufa, situated approximately 1,400 kilometres from the Ukrainian border, triggering blasts and a inferno, according to a insider in Ukraine's Security Service.

This marks the third intelligence deep strike in the region in the past month. Those attacks demonstrate that there are no safe places in the deep rear of the Russia.

Ukrainian President Urges US President to Facilitate Peace in the Conflict

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

"When a conflict can be ended in one region, then surely other wars can be halted as well, encompassing the conflict with Russia," he remarked, commending Trump's "exceptional" Gaza truce proposal and urging the President to influence the Russian government into negotiations.

Russian Attacks Take Victims in the Country

Moscow's assaults on Ukraine claimed the lives of 5 individuals on Saturday and disrupted electricity to areas of Ukraine's southern Odesa area, per authorities in Ukraine.

Two civilians were killed in a place of worship in the town when it was struck, as reported by municipal sources.

In the Russian adjacent territory of the Belgorod region, a truck driver was lost his life by a drone assault, according to local officials.

Power Repair Operations in Kyiv

Work continued on the weekend to restore power in Kyiv, after Russian attacks.

Energy had been recovered to in excess of 800,000 citizens by Saturday and the biggest utility provider said the key operations to repair the grid was complete though certain disruptions persisted.

Anti-Aircraft Operations and Drone Downings

The Ukrainian anti-aircraft systems neutralized 54 out of seventy-eight Russian drones deployed towards the country in the dark hours, the military reported on the weekend.

Russia's military authorities said it shot down 42 enemy UAVs from Ukraine over the country's airspace.

Cuba Refutes Allegations of Sending Troops to the War

The Cuban government on the weekend refuted US claims it has sent military personnel to engage in the Ukraine war, while stating Cuban authorities "do not have accurate data about citizens of Cuba" engaged "on their own" or "within the troops of both sides".

The ministry in the capital stated 26 Cuban citizens had been convicted to jail sentences ranging from 5 to 14 years for participating as mercenaries since last September when news spread of individuals being sent to the front in Ukraine.

Surrender Initiative Project Reveals Information on Cuban National Involvement

I Want to Live, a state initiative that urges enemy combatants to lay down arms, said in spring: "We have confirmed the personal data of one thousand and twenty-eight Cubans who signed contracts with the Russian military in recently."

The Cuban foreign ministry said of those who might be engaged: "There is no doubt that none of them have the backing, allegiance, or approval of the government in Havana for their actions."

Relatives of individuals who traveled to Russia in 2023 reported to international media at the time that their relatives had been misled into enlisting through ads on social media.