Ukrainian drones have struck the Russian oil refinery in the city of Ufa, located approximately 1,400 km from the Ukrainian border, triggering blasts and a inferno, per a insider in Ukraine's SBU.
This constitutes the third SBU long-range attack in the region in the recent weeks. Those operations illustrate that there are no protected areas in the far hinterland of the Russia.
Ukrainian President Calls On Trump to Mediate Peace in Ukraine
Volodymyr Zelenskyy appealed to Donald Trump to broker peace in the Ukrainian conflict in a phone call on the weekend.
"If a conflict can be halted in a particular zone, then surely other wars can be ended as well, including the Russian war," he said, hailing Trump's "remarkable" Gaza truce proposal and urging the American leader to pressure the Moscow into talks.
Russian Attacks Take Victims in Ukraine
Moscow's assaults on Ukraine claimed the lives of 5 individuals on the weekend and caused blackouts to areas of the southern Odesa region, per authorities in Ukraine.
Two people died inside a place of worship in the town when it was targeted, according to regional officials.
In the Russian adjacent territory of Belgorod, a vehicle operator was lost his life by a attack from Ukraine, according to municipal sources.
Energy Restoration Efforts in the Capital
Work continued on the weekend to restore power in the Ukrainian capital, after assaults.
Power had been restored to over 800,000 citizens by the weekend and the biggest utility provider said the main operations to restore power was finished though partial blackouts persisted.
Air Defence Efforts and Drone Interceptions
Ukraine's defense forces neutralized fifty-four of 78 total enemy drones sent towards Ukraine overnight, the military reported on Saturday.
Russia's military authorities stated it intercepted 42 enemy UAVs from Ukraine over the country's airspace.
Cuba Refutes Accusations of Providing Troops to Ukraine
Cuba on the weekend refuted American claims it has deployed troops to fight in the Ukraine war, while affirming the government "do not have precise data about Cuban nationals" involved "on their own" or "within the troops of the conflicting parties".
The ministry in the capital stated 26 Cubans had been convicted to incarceration from five to 14 years for participating as mercenaries since last September when reports emerged of Cuban nationals being deployed to the front in the conflict.
I Want to Live Project Reveals Information on Cuban National Involvement
I Want to Live, a state initiative that encourages enemy combatants to surrender, stated in May: "We have confirmed the personal data of one thousand and twenty-eight Cubans who entered into agreements with the Russian military in 2023-2024."
The Cuban foreign ministry said of those who might be engaged: "It is irrefutable that none of them have the support, allegiance, or authorization of the government in Havana for their actions."
Relatives of individuals who traveled to the Russian Federation in the year reported to Agence France-Presse at the time that their relatives had been deceptively recruited through advertisements on digital networks.
