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Ukraine's UAVs have hit Russia's oil refinery in Ufa, located around 1,400 km from Ukraine, causing detonations and a inferno, according to a informed individual in the Ukrainian intelligence agency.

This constitutes the third intelligence far-reaching assault in Bashkortostan in the last month. These strikes illustrate that there are no safe places in the distant backlines of the Russian Federation.

Ukrainian President Urges Trump to Mediate Peace in the Conflict

Volodymyr Zelenskyy called on President Trump to broker peace in Ukraine during a telephone conversation on the weekend.

"If a hostilities can be stopped in a single area, then surely other wars can be ended as well, encompassing the Russian war," he remarked, commending Trump's "exceptional" Gaza ceasefire plan and calling for the US president to pressure the Russian government into negotiations.

Moscow's Attacks Kill Casualties in Ukraine

Russian attacks on Ukraine claimed the lives of several civilians on the weekend and disrupted electricity to parts of Ukraine's south Odesa region, per Ukrainian officials.

A pair of individuals died in a church in Kostyantynivka when it was targeted, according to municipal sources.

In Russia's adjacent territory of the Belgorod region, a vehicle operator was fatally wounded by a attack from Ukraine, according to municipal sources.

Electricity Recovery Operations in the Capital

Efforts carried on on the weekend to restore power in Kyiv, after assaults.

Electricity had been returned to over 800,000 residents by Saturday and the biggest power firm announced the key work to repair the grid was finished though partial blackouts remained.

Air Defence Efforts and Drone Jamming

Ukraine's air defences intercepted or jammed fifty-four of seventy-eight UAVs from Russia deployed towards the country overnight, the military reported on the weekend.

The Russian defence ministry stated it eliminated forty-two Ukrainian drones over the country's airspace.

Cuban Government Refutes Claims of Providing Troops to the War

The Cuban government on Saturday refuted US allegations it has sent soldiers to fight in the hostilities, while affirming officials in Havana "lack exact data about Cuban nationals" involved "independently" or "within the troops of both sides".

The government department in Havana announced twenty-six Cuban citizens had been sentenced to jail sentences varying between five up to fourteen years for participating as mercenaries since the autumn of 2023 when reports spread of individuals being dispatched to the frontlines in Ukraine.

I Want to Live Initiative Discloses Data on Cuban Enlistment

I Want to Live, a state project that promotes opposing fighters to surrender, reported in spring: "We reliably know the identities and information of 1,028 Cuban nationals who signed contracts with the Moscow's troops in 2023-2024."

The Cuban authorities said of those who might be participating: "There is no doubt that none of them has the support, dedication, or approval of the government in Havana for their actions."

Family members of Cubans who traveled to Russia in the year reported to Agence France-Presse at the time that their family members had been deceptively recruited through advertisements on social media.