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Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles have hit Russia's Bashneft refinery in Ufa, situated around 1,400 km from the Ukrainian border, causing detonations and a blaze, per a insider in Ukraine's intelligence agency.

This marks the third Ukrainian security service far-reaching assault in Bashkortostan in the last month. These operations show that there are no protected areas in the deep rear of the Russian state.

Ukrainian President Urges US President to Facilitate Peace in the Conflict

President Zelenskyy called on the US President to broker peace in the Ukrainian conflict over a telephone conversation on the weekend.

"If a war can be stopped in a particular zone, then certainly further hostilities can be stopped as well, encompassing the Russian war," he stated, hailing the US President's "remarkable" Gaza truce proposal and calling for the US president to compel the Russian government into talks.

Moscow's Strikes Take Victims in the Country

Moscow's assaults on Ukraine killed at least several civilians on the weekend and cut power to areas of the south Odesa area, according to authorities in Ukraine.

Two civilians were killed in a religious building in the town when it was targeted, according to local authorities.

In the Russian frontier area of Belgorod, a truck driver was killed by a attack from Ukraine, per municipal sources.

Energy Repair Efforts in Kyiv

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

Energy had been restored to over 800,000 citizens by the weekend and the major utility provider said the main work to repair the grid was complete though some outages remained.

Air Defence Efforts and UAV Downings

The Ukrainian anti-aircraft systems neutralized 54 out of seventy-eight enemy drones launched targeting Ukraine overnight, the military reported on Saturday.

The Russian defence ministry claimed it shot down forty-two drones over the country's airspace.

Cuban Government Rejects Allegations of Deploying Troops to Ukraine

Havana on Saturday refuted American claims it has sent troops to participate in the conflict in Ukraine, while stating Cuban authorities "do not have precise data about Cuban nationals" participating "voluntarily" or "within the troops of both sides".

The foreign ministry in Havana announced 26 nationals had been given prison terms to jail sentences varying between five to 14 years for mercenary involvement since the autumn of 2023 when news circulated of Cubans being deployed to the battlefield in Ukraine.

I Want to Live Initiative Reports Information on Cuban National Recruitment

I Want to Live, a state project that promotes opposing fighters to lay down arms, reported in May: "We have confirmed the identities and information of one thousand and twenty-eight Cuban nationals who entered into agreements with the Russian armed forces in recently."

The Cuban authorities commented of Cuban nationals who might be involved: "Undeniably that none of them possesses the support, commitment, or approval of the Cuban state for their activities."

Kin of Cubans who traveled to the Russian Federation in 2023 informed Agence France-Presse at the time that their loved ones had been tricked into joining through promotions on digital networks.