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Ukrainian drones have hit the Russian Bashneft refinery in the city of Ufa, located approximately 1,400 km from Ukraine, resulting in detonations and a inferno, as reported by a informed individual in the Ukrainian SBU.

This represents the third SBU far-reaching assault in Bashkortostan in the recent weeks. Those strikes demonstrate that there are no secure zones in the distant backlines of the Russian state.

Ukrainian President Appeals to US President to Mediate Truce in Ukraine

President Zelenskyy appealed to the US President to facilitate a truce in Ukraine during a call on the weekend.

"If a conflict can be stopped in a single area, then surely other wars can be ended as well, encompassing the Russian war," he remarked, commending the US President's "remarkable" Gaza peace initiative and calling for the President to compel the Russian government into discussions.

Russian Assaults Claim Lives in Ukraine

Strikes by Russia on Ukraine resulted in the deaths of 5 individuals on the weekend and disrupted electricity to parts of Ukraine's south Odesa area, according to authorities in Ukraine.

Two people died in a place of worship in Kostyantynivka when it was struck, according to regional officials.

In the Russian adjacent territory of the Belgorod region, a lorry operator was killed by a Ukrainian strike, as stated by local officials.

Power Repair Work in the Capital

Work carried on on Saturday to recover electricity in the Ukrainian capital, after Russian attacks.

Power had been restored to over 800,000 inhabitants by Saturday and the biggest utility provider stated the key work to recover electricity was complete though certain disruptions persisted.

Anti-Aircraft Actions and Drone Interceptions

The Ukrainian air defences downed or disrupted 54 of 78 enemy drones launched against Ukraine during the night, the air force reported on Saturday.

The Russian military authorities stated it eliminated 42 UAVs from Ukraine over the country's airspace.

Cuba Rejects Claims of Providing Soldiers to the War

Havana on the weekend rejected American allegations it has provided military personnel to fight in the conflict in Ukraine, while stating officials in Havana "are without exact data about Cuban nationals" participating "voluntarily" or "in the military forces of the conflicting parties".

The government department in the capital stated twenty-six nationals had been given prison terms to prison terms varying between five up to fourteen years for participating as mercenaries since September 2023 when news emerged of Cubans being deployed to the battlefield in Ukraine.

I Want to Live Project Reveals Information on Cuban National Involvement

The surrender initiative, a official Kyiv project that urges adversaries to lay down arms, said in May: "We have confirmed the identities and information of one thousand and twenty-eight Cubans who entered into agreements with the Russian armed forces in recently."

The Cuban authorities said of Cuban nationals who might be involved: "It is irrefutable that none of them has the encouragement, dedication, or consent of the Cuban state for their involvement."

Family members of Cuban nationals who traveled to the Russian Federation in 2023 informed Agence France-Presse at the time that their loved ones had been deceptively recruited through advertisements on online platforms.