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Ukrainian drones have targeted Russia's oil facility in the city of Ufa, situated around 1,400 kilometers from the Ukrainian border, causing detonations and a blaze, per a informed individual in Ukraine's Security Service.

This marks the third SBU far-reaching assault in the region in the last month. These strikes show that there are no secure zones in the distant backlines of the Russian Federation.

Zelenskyy Urges US President to Broker Peace in the Conflict

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

"If a hostilities can be halted in one region, then undoubtedly further hostilities can be stopped as well, covering the Russian war," he said, praising the US President's "exceptional" Middle East peace initiative and urging the American leader to compel the Kremlin into talks.

Russian Attacks Take Victims in the Country

Moscow's assaults on Ukraine claimed the lives of 5 individuals on the weekend and disrupted electricity to areas of the southern Odesa area, as stated by authorities in Ukraine.

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

In Russia's border region of Belgorod, a vehicle operator was killed by a Ukrainian strike, as stated by regional authorities.

Energy Restoration Efforts in the Capital

Operations continued on Saturday to repair energy infrastructure in Kyiv, after assaults.

Energy had been returned to in excess of 800,000 residents by the weekend and the largest power firm said the main operations to restore power was concluded though partial blackouts remained.

Anti-Aircraft Efforts and Drone Jamming

Ukraine's defense forces downed or disrupted fifty-four of seventy-eight UAVs from Russia launched against the country in the dark hours, the military said on the weekend.

Russia's military authorities said it eliminated 42 enemy Ukrainian drones over its own soil.

Cuban Government Refutes Allegations of Providing Troops to Ukraine

Havana on the weekend refuted US assertions it has deployed soldiers to fight in the hostilities, while stating Cuban authorities "are without precise data about citizens of Cuba" participating "voluntarily" or "within the troops of both sides".

The government department in the capital announced 26 nationals had been sentenced to prison terms from 5 to 14 years for mercenary activity since last September when reports spread of Cubans being dispatched to the frontlines in the conflict.

I Want to Live Project Reports Data on Cuban National Involvement

The surrender initiative, a state project that urges enemy combatants to surrender, said in spring: "We have confirmed the personal data of over a thousand Cuban nationals who entered into agreements with the Russian military in recently."

The Cuban foreign ministry stated of those who might be engaged: "It is irrefutable that not a single one have the support, commitment, or approval of the Cuban state for their activities."

Relatives of Cubans who left for Russia in 2023 informed Agence France-Presse at the time that their loved ones had been misled into enlisting through ads on online platforms.