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Ukraine's drones have targeted Russia's Bashneft processing plant in the city of Ufa, positioned some 1,400 km from the Ukrainian border, resulting in explosions and a blaze, according to a insider in Ukraine's Security Service.

This constitutes the latest Ukrainian security service long-range attack in Bashkortostan in the recent weeks. Those strikes illustrate that there are no secure zones in the deep rear of the Russia.

Ukrainian President Appeals to Trump to Mediate Ceasefire in Ukraine

President Zelenskyy called on President Trump to facilitate a truce in the Ukrainian conflict in a phone call on Saturday.

"Provided that a hostilities can be halted in a single area, then surely additional conflicts can be ended as well, including the conflict with Russia," Zelenskyy said, commending Trump's "outstanding" Middle East truce proposal and requesting the US president to compel the Kremlin into discussions.

Moscow's Attacks Take Casualties in the Country

Moscow's assaults on Ukrainian territory killed at least 5 individuals on Saturday and caused blackouts to sections of Ukraine's southern Odesa area, as stated by local sources.

Two civilians lost their lives in a religious building in the town when it was targeted, according to local authorities.

In Russia's border region of the Belgorod region, a vehicle operator was lost his life by a drone assault, as stated by regional authorities.

Power Repair Efforts in the Capital

Work carried on on the weekend to restore power in the Ukrainian capital, after assaults.

Energy had been recovered to in excess of 800,000 inhabitants by Saturday and the biggest utility provider announced the main operations to recover electricity was complete though some outages continued.

Air Defence Operations and UAV Jamming

The Ukrainian defense forces neutralized fifty-four of seventy-eight Russian drones launched against the country during the night, the aerial defense command reported on Saturday.

The Russian defense officials claimed it shot down 42 enemy UAVs from Ukraine over its own soil.

Cuba Refutes Claims of Deploying Forces to Ukraine

Havana on the weekend denied US allegations it has provided military personnel to fight in the hostilities, while declaring Cuban authorities "are without precise details about Cuban nationals" engaged "independently" or "within the troops of either party".

The government department in the capital said 26 Cubans had been given prison terms to incarceration from five to 14 years for mercenary involvement since the autumn of 2023 when news spread of Cuban nationals being dispatched to the front in Ukraine.

Surrender Initiative Program Reveals Details on Cuban Enlistment

I Want to Live, a state program that promotes enemy combatants to lay down arms, reported in May: "We have confirmed the identities and information of 1,028 Cuban nationals who enlisted with the Russian military in the past two years."

The Cuban authorities said of Cuban nationals who might be involved: "It is irrefutable that not a single one possesses the support, dedication, or authorization of the Cuban authorities for their involvement."

Relatives of Cuban nationals who departed to the Russian Federation in the year reported to Agence France-Presse at the time that their family members had been deceptively recruited through ads on online platforms.