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Ukraine's unmanned aerial vehicles have hit Russia's oil processing plant in Ufa, positioned some 1,400 km from Ukraine, triggering explosions and a inferno, per a informed individual in Ukraine's intelligence agency.

This constitutes the third intelligence long-range attack in the region in the recent weeks. Such operations demonstrate that there are no secure zones in the deep rear of the Russian Federation.

Ukrainian President Calls On US President to Facilitate Peace in Ukraine

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

"Provided that a conflict can be halted in a particular zone, then certainly other wars can be stopped as well, including the conflict with Russia," Zelenskyy said, praising Trump's "exceptional" Middle East ceasefire plan and urging the President to compel the Kremlin into discussions.

Russian Assaults Kill Victims in the Country

Moscow's assaults on Ukrainian territory resulted in the deaths of 5 individuals on the weekend and disrupted electricity to sections of the southern Odesa oblast, as stated by authorities in Ukraine.

A pair of individuals died in a religious building in Kostyantynivka when it was targeted, per municipal sources.

In Russia's border region of Belgorod, a lorry operator was killed by a attack from Ukraine, per municipal sources.

Electricity Restoration Operations in the Capital

Efforts carried on on the weekend to recover electricity in Kyiv, after assaults.

Electricity had been restored to more than 800,000 citizens by Saturday and the major private energy company announced the primary operations to recover electricity was finished though some outages persisted.

Anti-Aircraft Actions and UAV Jamming

Ukraine's anti-aircraft systems neutralized 54 out of 78 UAVs from Russia deployed towards the country during the night, the air force said on Saturday.

The Russian defence ministry said it shot down 42 drones over Russian territory.

Cuba Rejects Claims of Providing Soldiers to Ukraine

Havana on the weekend refuted US claims it has sent troops to engage in the conflict in Ukraine, while affirming Cuban authorities "are without precise information about Cuban nationals" participating "on their own" or "as part of the armed units of either party".

The government department in Havana announced 26 nationals had been given prison terms to prison terms from five to 14 years for mercenary involvement since September 2023 when news emerged of Cuban nationals being deployed to the front in the conflict.

Surrender Initiative Program Reveals Information on Cuban National Involvement

The surrender initiative, a state project that promotes opposing fighters to lay down arms, reported in May: "We reliably know the personal data of 1,028 individuals who entered into agreements with the Russian military in 2023-2024."

The Cuban authorities commented of Cubans who might be engaged: "There is no doubt that none of them have the encouragement, commitment, or consent of the Cuban state for their activities."

Family members of Cuban nationals who departed to Russia in 2023 reported to international media at the time that their family members had been deceptively recruited through ads on digital networks.