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Ukraine's UAVs have struck the Russian oil processing plant in the city of Ufa, located some 1,400 kilometres from the Ukrainian border, resulting in detonations and a blaze, as reported by a source in Ukraine's Security Service.

This constitutes the latest Ukrainian security service deep strike in the region in the last month. Such attacks illustrate that there are no secure zones in the far hinterland of the Russian state.

Ukrainian President Calls On Trump to Mediate Ceasefire in the Conflict

Volodymyr Zelenskyy called on the US President to broker peace in Ukraine over a telephone conversation on Saturday.

"Provided that a hostilities can be halted in a particular zone, then certainly additional conflicts can be halted as well, including the Russian aggression," the President said, praising the US President's "exceptional" Gaza peace initiative and requesting the US president to compel the Kremlin into negotiations.

Moscow's Strikes Claim Victims in the Country

Moscow's assaults on Ukraine resulted in the deaths of five people on Saturday and disrupted electricity to parts of the southern Odesa oblast, per Ukrainian officials.

Two people were killed within a church in Kostyantynivka when it was targeted, according to municipal sources.

In the Russian frontier area of Belgorod, a lorry operator was lost his life by a attack from Ukraine, as stated by regional authorities.

Power Restoration Work in the Capital

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

Electricity had been returned to in excess of 800,000 residents by the weekend and the largest utility provider announced the main work to restore power was concluded though some outages persisted.

Anti-Aircraft Efforts and UAV Interceptions

Ukraine's anti-aircraft systems intercepted or jammed 54 out of seventy-eight UAVs from Russia sent against the country during the night, the aerial defense command said on the weekend.

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

Cuba Refutes Allegations of Providing Soldiers to Ukraine

The Cuban government on Saturday refuted American assertions it has sent troops to fight in the hostilities, while affirming officials in Havana "lack precise details about Cuban nationals" engaged "voluntarily" or "as part of the armed units of either party".

The government department in the capital said twenty-six Cuban citizens had been sentenced to prison terms from 5 to 14 years for mercenary activity since last September when information circulated of Cubans being deployed to the battlefield in the conflict.

I Want to Live Project Reports Details on Cuban Recruitment

The program, a official Kyiv initiative that urges adversaries to give up, stated in May: "We reliably know the names and personal details of one thousand and twenty-eight Cubans who signed contracts with the Moscow's troops in 2023-2024."

The Cuban foreign ministry said of Cuban nationals who might be involved: "Undeniably that not a single one have the backing, commitment, or approval of the government in Havana for their actions."

Relatives of Cuban nationals who left for the Russian Federation in the year reported to Agence France-Presse at the time that their family members had been deceptively recruited through promotions on online platforms.