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Ukraine's UAVs have hit the Russian Bashneft processing plant in Ufa, situated around 1,400 kilometres from Ukraine, resulting in detonations and a blaze, per a insider in Ukraine's intelligence agency.

This represents the latest intelligence long-range attack in Bashkortostan in the last month. Such attacks illustrate that there are no secure zones in the distant backlines of the Russian Federation.

Zelenskyy Appeals to Trump to Broker Peace in the Conflict

President Zelenskyy appealed to Donald Trump to facilitate a truce in the Ukrainian conflict during a telephone conversation on the weekend.

"If a hostilities can be stopped in one region, then certainly additional conflicts can be ended as well, including the Russian war," Zelenskyy said, hailing the US President's "outstanding" Middle East peace initiative and calling for the US president to influence the Kremlin into discussions.

Moscow's Assaults Take Victims in the Country

Strikes by Russia on Ukrainian territory resulted in the deaths of several civilians on Saturday and caused blackouts to parts of Ukraine's south Odesa area, as stated by authorities in Ukraine.

A pair of individuals died inside a church in the town when it was hit, per local authorities.

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

Energy Restoration Operations in Kyiv

Efforts proceeded on the weekend to recover electricity in Kyiv, after strikes by Moscow.

Energy had been recovered to over 800,000 citizens by the weekend and the largest power firm stated the key operations to repair the grid was concluded though partial blackouts remained.

Anti-Aircraft Operations and Drone Jamming

Ukraine's defense forces neutralized fifty-four of seventy-eight UAVs from Russia sent against the country in the dark hours, the military announced on the weekend.

The Russian defense officials said it eliminated 42 drones over its own soil.

Cuba Denies Allegations of Deploying Soldiers to Ukraine

Cuba on the weekend refuted US allegations it has provided military personnel to fight in the hostilities, while stating the government "are without precise information about Cuban nationals" involved "voluntarily" or "in the military forces of the conflicting parties".

The government department in the capital announced twenty-six Cubans had been sentenced to jail sentences from five up to fourteen years for mercenary involvement since September 2023 when information spread of Cuban nationals being sent to the battlefield in the conflict.

Surrender Initiative Project Discloses Details on Cuban Enlistment

I Want to Live, a state project that urges enemy combatants to give up, said in spring: "We have confirmed the names and personal details of 1,028 Cubans who entered into agreements with the Moscow's troops in the past two years."

The government in Havana stated of Cuban nationals who might be participating: "There is no doubt that no individual has the backing, allegiance, or approval of the government in Havana for their involvement."

Family members of Cuban nationals who left for the Russian Federation in 2023 informed news outlets at the time that their relatives had been deceptively recruited through promotions on online platforms.