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Ukraine's drones have targeted the Russian Bashneft processing plant in Ufa, situated around 1,400 km from Ukraine, causing blasts and a inferno, as reported by a source in the Ukrainian SBU.

This represents the latest intelligence deep strike in Bashkortostan in the last month. Those strikes illustrate that there are no protected areas in the deep rear of the Russian Federation.

Ukrainian President Appeals to Trump to Broker Peace in the Conflict

Volodymyr Zelenskyy appealed to the US President to mediate a ceasefire in Ukraine over a telephone conversation on Saturday.

"If a hostilities can be halted in a single area, then surely other wars can be halted as well, encompassing the Russian aggression," the President remarked, hailing the US President's "remarkable" Gaza peace initiative and urging the American leader to compel the Kremlin into talks.

Moscow's Attacks Take Victims in the Country

Moscow's assaults on Ukraine claimed the lives of five people on the weekend and caused blackouts to areas of the south Odesa oblast, as stated by authorities in Ukraine.

Two civilians were killed in a church in Kostyantynivka when it was hit, as reported by municipal sources.

In Russia's adjacent territory of Belgorod, a truck driver was fatally wounded by a attack from Ukraine, as stated by municipal sources.

Electricity Restoration Operations in the Capital

Work proceeded on the weekend to recover electricity in Kyiv, after assaults.

Power had been returned to over 800,000 residents by the weekend and the largest private energy company announced the primary efforts to repair the grid was finished though partial blackouts persisted.

Air Defence Efforts and Drone Jamming

The Ukrainian air defences intercepted or jammed fifty-four of 78 total Russian drones launched targeting the country during the night, the military announced on the weekend.

The Russian military authorities said it shot down 42 enemy drones over Russian territory.

Cuban Government Refutes Allegations of Deploying Forces to Ukraine

The Cuban government on the weekend refuted American claims it has deployed military personnel to participate in the hostilities, while declaring officials in Havana "do not have accurate information about individuals" engaged "on their own" or "within the troops of the conflicting parties".

The foreign ministry in Havana announced twenty-six Cubans had been convicted to prison terms ranging from five up to fourteen years for mercenary activity since September 2023 when information emerged of Cubans being sent to the front in Ukraine.

Surrender Initiative Project Reveals Details on Cuban Involvement

I Want to Live, a state project that urges enemy combatants to give up, stated in May: "Our information indicates the personal data of 1,028 Cuban nationals who enlisted with the Russian armed forces in recently."

The Cuban foreign ministry said of Cuban nationals who might be engaged: "It is irrefutable that none of them possesses the support, dedication, or authorization of the government in Havana for their involvement."

Relatives of Cuban nationals who departed to Russia in the year reported to news outlets at the time that their loved ones had been deceptively recruited through promotions on digital networks.