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Ukraine's drones have targeted Russia's oil processing plant in Ufa, positioned around 1,400 km from the Ukrainian border, resulting in explosions and a blaze, according to a insider in the Ukrainian SBU.

This marks the 3rd intelligence long-range attack in the region in the recent weeks. Those operations illustrate that there are no secure zones in the far hinterland of the Russian Federation.

Ukrainian President Appeals to Trump to Broker Peace in Ukraine

Volodymyr Zelenskyy appealed to Donald Trump to facilitate a truce in Ukraine during a call on the weekend.

"When a conflict can be ended in one region, then undoubtedly further hostilities can be stopped as well, covering the Russian aggression," the President stated, praising Trump's "exceptional" Gaza peace initiative and urging the American leader to influence the Moscow into talks.

Moscow's Assaults Kill Lives in the Country

Russian attacks on Ukrainian territory claimed the lives of five people on the weekend and caused blackouts to areas of the southern Odesa area, as stated by authorities in Ukraine.

Two civilians died inside a place of worship in the town when it was hit, according to regional officials.

In the Russian frontier area of the Belgorod region, a truck driver was fatally wounded by a drone assault, as stated by municipal sources.

Electricity Repair Operations in the Capital

Efforts continued on the weekend to recover electricity in Kyiv, after Russian attacks.

Electricity had been returned to more than 800,000 inhabitants by the weekend and the largest private energy company stated the primary operations to recover electricity was complete though some outages persisted.

Anti-Aircraft Actions and Drone Downings

Ukraine's defense forces neutralized 54 of seventy-eight Russian drones sent targeting the country in the dark hours, the military announced on Saturday.

The Russian defence ministry stated it shot down 42 enemy drones over its own soil.

Cuban Government Refutes Claims of Providing Soldiers to Ukraine

Havana on the weekend rejected American assertions it has provided military personnel to engage in the conflict in Ukraine, while stating officials in Havana "are without accurate information about citizens of Cuba" engaged "voluntarily" or "within the troops of either party".

The ministry in the capital announced twenty-six nationals had been given prison terms to incarceration from five up to fourteen years for mercenary involvement since the autumn of 2023 when news circulated of individuals being sent to the frontlines in the conflict.

I Want to Live Program Reports Data on Cuban Recruitment

I Want to Live, a Ukrainian government project that urges adversaries to give up, said in spring: "We have confirmed the names and personal details of over a thousand Cuban nationals who signed contracts with the Russian military in 2023-2024."

The Cuban authorities said of Cuban nationals who might be participating: "Undeniably that none of them have the encouragement, commitment, or consent of the Cuban state for their actions."

Relatives of individuals who departed to the Russian Federation in 2023 told news outlets at the time that their loved ones had been deceptively recruited through ads on online platforms.