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Ukraine's drones have hit the Russian oil processing plant in the city of Ufa, positioned approximately 1,400 kilometres from the Ukrainian border, triggering explosions and a inferno, as reported by a informed individual in the Ukrainian SBU.

This represents the third SBU long-range attack in the region in the past month. Such operations demonstrate that there are no secure zones in the far hinterland of the Russian state.

Zelenskyy Calls On Trump to Facilitate Peace in the Conflict

Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged President Trump to facilitate a truce in the Ukrainian conflict during a telephone conversation on Saturday.

"When a conflict can be ended in one region, then certainly additional conflicts can be stopped as well, including the Russian war," Zelenskyy stated, hailing Trump's "exceptional" Gaza ceasefire plan and urging the President to influence the Kremlin into discussions.

Russian Strikes Take Casualties in Ukraine

Strikes by Russia on Ukraine killed at least several civilians on Saturday and disrupted electricity to parts of the southern Odesa area, as stated by Ukrainian officials.

A pair of individuals lost their lives inside a religious building in Kostyantynivka when it was targeted, according to local authorities.

In the Russian border region of Belgorod, a lorry operator was killed by a attack from Ukraine, per regional authorities.

Electricity Restoration Work in the Capital

Efforts continued on Saturday to recover electricity in Kyiv, after strikes by Moscow.

Energy had been restored to more than 800,000 inhabitants by Saturday and the major power firm said the main work to recover electricity was complete though certain disruptions persisted.

Anti-Aircraft Efforts and Drone Jamming

The Ukrainian air defences intercepted or jammed fifty-four of 78 total enemy drones launched against the country overnight, the aerial defense command said on the weekend.

Russia's defence ministry stated it intercepted 42 enemy drones over the country's airspace.

Cuba Rejects Claims of Deploying Soldiers to the War

Cuba on the weekend denied US claims it has deployed soldiers to engage in the Ukraine war, while affirming officials in Havana "lack precise information about Cuban nationals" participating "voluntarily" or "as part of the armed units of both sides".

The foreign ministry in the capital stated 26 Cuban citizens had been sentenced to jail sentences ranging from 5 to 14 years for mercenary activity since last September when reports emerged of Cuban nationals being sent to the front in Ukraine.

I Want to Live Program Reveals Data on Cuban Enlistment

I Want to Live, a state project that encourages opposing fighters to give up, stated in May: "We have confirmed the personal data of one thousand and twenty-eight individuals who signed contracts with the Russian armed forces in recently."

The Cuban authorities said of Cubans who might be participating: "Undeniably that no individual possesses the encouragement, allegiance, or approval of the Cuban state for their involvement."

Family members of individuals who left for Russia in the year informed news outlets at the time that their loved ones had been misled into enlisting through promotions on online platforms.