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Ukrainian UAVs have hit Russia's oil refinery in Ufa, positioned around 1,400 kilometers from Ukraine, causing detonations and a inferno, per a insider in the Ukrainian SBU.

This constitutes the third Ukrainian security service deep strike in the region in the last month. These operations demonstrate that there are no safe places in the deep rear of the Russian state.

Zelenskyy Calls On US President to Mediate Ceasefire in the Conflict

The Ukrainian leader appealed to the US President to mediate a ceasefire in Ukraine over a call on the weekend.

"If a hostilities can be halted in one region, then undoubtedly additional conflicts can be ended as well, encompassing the conflict with Russia," the President stated, hailing Trump's "exceptional" Gaza peace initiative and calling for the US president to compel the Russian government into talks.

Russian Attacks Take Victims in the Country

Moscow's assaults on Ukraine claimed the lives of five people on the weekend and disrupted electricity to areas of Ukraine's southern Odesa oblast, as stated by Ukrainian officials.

Two people were killed within a church in Kostyantynivka when it was struck, per municipal sources.

In Russia's border region of the Belgorod region, a vehicle operator was killed by a Ukrainian strike, according to local officials.

Electricity Restoration Work in the Capital

Operations carried on on the weekend to repair energy infrastructure in Kyiv, after Russian attacks.

Power had been recovered to over 800,000 residents by the weekend and the biggest utility provider said the key operations to recover electricity was complete though certain disruptions continued.

Anti-Aircraft Efforts and Drone Downings

Ukraine's air defences intercepted or jammed 54 of 78 Russian drones deployed targeting Ukraine overnight, the aerial defense command said on the weekend.

Russia's defence ministry said it eliminated 42 drones over the country's airspace.

Cuban Government Refutes Accusations of Providing Soldiers to the War

The Cuban government on Saturday denied US claims it has sent soldiers to fight in the Ukraine war, while declaring the government "are without precise details about individuals" participating "on their own" or "within the troops of either party".

The ministry in the capital stated 26 Cubans had been sentenced to prison terms ranging from five to 14 years for participating as mercenaries since the autumn of 2023 when news emerged of Cubans being dispatched to the frontlines in Ukraine.

I Want to Live Program Reveals Data on Cuban National Involvement

The surrender initiative, a official Kyiv project that encourages enemy combatants to surrender, reported in spring: "Our information indicates the personal data of one thousand and twenty-eight Cuban nationals who signed contracts with the Moscow's troops in recently."

The Cuban authorities stated of those who might be involved: "There is no doubt that no individual possesses the encouragement, allegiance, or approval of the Cuban state for their involvement."

Relatives of Cuban nationals who departed to the Russian Federation in the year told news outlets at the time that their family members had been deceptively recruited through advertisements on social media.