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Ukrainian UAVs have hit Russia's oil facility in the city of Ufa, situated around 1,400 kilometers from Ukraine, resulting in detonations and a inferno, per a source in Ukraine's Security Service.

This marks the third Ukrainian security service far-reaching assault in the region in the last month. Such attacks show that there are no secure zones in the distant backlines of the Russian state.

Ukrainian President Calls On Trump to Facilitate Ceasefire in Ukraine

The Ukrainian leader called on Donald Trump to facilitate a truce in Ukraine in a telephone conversation on Saturday.

"Provided that a war can be ended in one region, then surely other wars can be ended as well, encompassing the Russian aggression," the President stated, hailing Trump's "exceptional" Gaza truce proposal and urging the American leader to influence the Kremlin into talks.

Moscow's Attacks Take Victims in Ukraine

Russian attacks on Ukrainian territory killed at least 5 individuals on the weekend and caused blackouts to areas of Ukraine's south Odesa region, per Ukrainian officials.

A pair of individuals died within a place of worship in the town when it was targeted, as reported by regional officials.

In Russia's border region of Belgorod, a lorry operator was lost his life by a Ukrainian strike, per regional authorities.

Energy Restoration Operations in Kyiv

Operations carried on on Saturday to restore power in the Ukrainian capital, after Russian attacks.

Electricity had been restored to over 800,000 inhabitants by Saturday and the major power firm announced the key efforts to restore power was concluded though certain disruptions remained.

Air Defence Actions and Drone Interceptions

The Ukrainian defense forces neutralized 54 out of seventy-eight Russian drones sent against Ukraine overnight, the aerial defense command announced on Saturday.

Russia's military authorities stated it shot down forty-two UAVs from Ukraine over the country's airspace.

Cuba Denies Claims of Providing Forces to the War

Cuba on the weekend refuted US allegations it has deployed troops to engage in the Ukraine war, while affirming officials in Havana "lack accurate data about citizens of Cuba" participating "voluntarily" or "within the troops of both sides".

The ministry in the capital stated 26 Cubans had been given prison terms to jail sentences from 5 to 14 years for participating as mercenaries since September 2023 when information circulated of Cuban nationals being sent to the frontlines in Ukraine.

I Want to Live Program Discloses Information on Cuban Involvement

The program, a Ukrainian government project that promotes enemy combatants to give up, reported in May: "We reliably know the personal data of 1,028 individuals who signed contracts with the Russian armed forces in the past two years."

The Cuban foreign ministry said of Cuban nationals who might be engaged: "There is no doubt that not a single one have the backing, allegiance, or approval of the Cuban state for their involvement."

Relatives of individuals who departed to the Russian Federation in the year informed news outlets at the time that their relatives had been tricked into joining through ads on online platforms.