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Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles have hit Russia's Bashneft refinery in Ufa, situated around 1,400 kilometres from the Ukrainian border, resulting in explosions and a inferno, as reported by a insider in Ukraine's intelligence agency.

This represents the latest Ukrainian security service long-range attack in the region in the last month. Such attacks show that there are no secure zones in the far hinterland of the Russian Federation.

Zelenskyy Urges Trump to Mediate Peace in Ukraine

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

"When a hostilities can be halted in a particular zone, then certainly further hostilities can be ended as well, including the conflict with Russia," he said, commending Trump's "remarkable" Gaza truce proposal and urging the President to compel the Russian government into discussions.

Moscow's Attacks Claim Lives in the Country

Russian attacks on Ukrainian territory killed at least several civilians on Saturday and disrupted electricity to sections of the south Odesa region, according to authorities in Ukraine.

Two people died inside a church in Kostyantynivka when it was struck, according to regional officials.

In the Russian border region of the Belgorod region, a lorry operator was lost his life by a drone assault, per regional authorities.

Electricity Restoration Operations in the Capital

Efforts carried on on Saturday to repair energy infrastructure in Kyiv, after Russian attacks.

Power had been returned to over 800,000 citizens by Saturday and the major private energy company stated the key work to repair the grid was concluded though partial blackouts continued.

Air Defence Efforts and UAV Downings

Ukraine's defense forces downed or disrupted fifty-four of 78 total enemy drones launched against the country overnight, the aerial defense command reported on the weekend.

The Russian defence ministry claimed it eliminated 42 enemy Ukrainian drones over the country's airspace.

Cuba Refutes Allegations of Deploying Troops to Ukraine

Havana on the weekend denied US assertions it has deployed soldiers to fight in the hostilities, while declaring the government "lack accurate information about individuals" engaged "independently" or "in the military forces of either party".

The foreign ministry in Havana announced 26 Cubans had been given prison terms to prison terms from five to 14 years for participating as mercenaries since the autumn of 2023 when news emerged of Cubans being sent to the front in Ukraine.

Surrender Initiative Program Reports Data on Cuban National Recruitment

The program, a Ukrainian government program that promotes enemy combatants to surrender, stated in May: "Our information indicates the identities and information of one thousand and twenty-eight Cubans who enlisted with the Russian military in 2023-2024."

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

Family members of Cuban nationals who departed to Russia in 2023 informed Agence France-Presse at the time that their relatives had been tricked into joining through promotions on digital networks.