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Ukrainian UAVs have hit Russia's Bashneft refinery in Ufa, situated around 1,400 kilometres from the Ukrainian border, resulting in detonations and a blaze, per a informed individual in the Ukrainian Security Service.

This represents the latest SBU far-reaching assault in the region in the last month. Such operations illustrate that there are no safe places in the far hinterland of the Russia.

Zelenskyy Calls On US President to Facilitate Peace in the Conflict

Volodymyr Zelenskyy called on the US President to broker peace in the Ukrainian conflict during a telephone conversation on Saturday.

"When a war can be ended in a particular zone, then undoubtedly further hostilities can be stopped as well, encompassing the Russian aggression," the President stated, hailing Trump's "exceptional" Gaza ceasefire plan and calling for the US president to compel the Russian government into talks.

Russian Strikes Kill Lives in the Country

Strikes by Russia on Ukraine claimed the lives of 5 individuals on Saturday and cut power to sections of the southern Odesa oblast, as stated by local sources.

A pair of individuals lost their lives in a place of worship in the town when it was hit, as reported by municipal sources.

In Russia's border region of Belgorod, a truck driver was fatally wounded by a Ukrainian strike, according to local officials.

Energy Recovery Efforts in the Capital

Efforts continued on the weekend to restore power in the Ukrainian capital, after assaults.

Power had been restored to over 800,000 citizens by Saturday and the major power firm announced the primary efforts to restore power was finished though some outages continued.

Air Defence Actions and Drone Jamming

Ukraine's defense forces intercepted or jammed 54 of 78 Russian drones deployed against the country during the night, the air force said on Saturday.

Russia's military authorities claimed it intercepted forty-two UAVs from Ukraine over its own soil.

Cuban Government Denies Accusations of Providing Troops to the War

Cuba on the weekend denied American assertions it has sent soldiers to fight in the hostilities, while affirming officials in Havana "lack exact details about citizens of Cuba" involved "independently" or "as part of the armed units of either party".

The ministry in Havana said 26 Cuban citizens had been convicted to prison terms from five to 14 years for mercenary involvement since last September when news circulated of Cubans being deployed to the front in Ukraine.

Surrender Initiative Project Reports Details on Cuban Recruitment

The program, a official Kyiv program that promotes adversaries to give up, said in May: "Our information indicates the personal data of over a thousand Cubans who signed contracts with the Russian armed forces in recently."

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

Family members of Cubans who left for the Russian Federation in 2023 reported to news outlets at the time that their relatives had been misled into enlisting through advertisements on digital networks.