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Ukraine's UAVs have struck Russia's oil refinery in the city of Ufa, located some 1,400 kilometres from Ukraine, resulting in detonations and a blaze, according to a source in Ukraine's intelligence agency.

This constitutes the 3rd SBU long-range attack in the region in the past month. These attacks demonstrate that there are no protected areas in the distant backlines of the Russian Federation.

Zelenskyy Urges Trump to Mediate Peace in Ukraine

Volodymyr Zelenskyy called on Donald Trump to broker peace in the Ukrainian conflict in a telephone conversation on Saturday.

"When a war can be stopped in a single area, then undoubtedly other wars can be stopped as well, covering the conflict with Russia," Zelenskyy remarked, hailing Trump's "exceptional" Middle East peace initiative and requesting the US president to compel the Kremlin into negotiations.

Russian Attacks Kill Victims in the Country

Strikes by Russia on Ukraine killed at least several civilians on the weekend and cut power to areas of the southern Odesa oblast, per Ukrainian officials.

A pair of individuals were killed inside a church in Kostyantynivka when it was struck, as reported by municipal sources.

In Russia's adjacent territory of the Belgorod region, a lorry operator was killed by a Ukrainian strike, per municipal sources.

Energy Restoration Efforts in Kyiv

Operations proceeded on Saturday to restore power in Kyiv, after strikes by Moscow.

Electricity had been restored to more than 800,000 inhabitants by Saturday and the major utility provider stated the key operations to recover electricity was concluded though some outages persisted.

Air Defence Efforts and UAV Interceptions

The Ukrainian air defences neutralized fifty-four of seventy-eight Russian drones launched against the country during the night, the aerial defense command announced on the weekend.

The Russian military authorities claimed it intercepted forty-two UAVs from Ukraine over its own soil.

Cuba Refutes Claims of Providing Troops to the War

Havana on the weekend refuted US allegations it has deployed troops to engage in the Ukraine war, while stating the government "lack accurate information about Cuban nationals" involved "voluntarily" or "as part of the armed units of the conflicting parties".

The ministry in Havana stated twenty-six Cubans had been sentenced to jail sentences ranging from five to 14 years for mercenary activity since the autumn of 2023 when reports spread of Cuban nationals being dispatched to the front in the conflict.

I Want to Live Project Reveals Details on Cuban Enlistment

I Want to Live, a Ukrainian government program that urges enemy combatants to lay down arms, said in May: "We reliably know the identities and information of one thousand and twenty-eight individuals who enlisted with the Moscow's troops in 2023-2024."

The Cuban foreign ministry stated of those who might be involved: "There is no doubt that no individual have the backing, dedication, or consent of the government in Havana for their actions."

Relatives of Cubans who left for Russia in the year reported to news outlets at the time that their relatives had been tricked into joining through ads on digital networks.