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Ukraine's UAVs have hit the Russian Bashneft processing plant in the city of Ufa, situated approximately 1,400 kilometres from the Ukrainian border, triggering blasts and a blaze, according to a source in Ukraine's SBU.

This constitutes the latest SBU far-reaching assault in the region in the recent weeks. Those operations illustrate that there are no safe places in the deep rear of the Russian state.

Zelenskyy Calls On Trump to Mediate Peace in Ukraine

Volodymyr Zelenskyy called on Donald Trump to facilitate a truce in Ukraine over a phone call on the weekend.

"When a hostilities can be stopped in one region, then surely further hostilities can be ended as well, including the Russian war," he remarked, commending Trump's "exceptional" Gaza peace initiative and urging the American leader to pressure the Kremlin into discussions.

Moscow's Assaults Take Victims in Ukraine

Strikes by Russia on Ukrainian territory killed at least several civilians on Saturday and cut power to sections of the south Odesa area, per authorities in Ukraine.

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

In the Russian frontier area of the Belgorod region, a vehicle operator was fatally wounded by a attack from Ukraine, per municipal sources.

Electricity Repair Operations in Kyiv

Work proceeded on Saturday to recover electricity in Kyiv, after assaults.

Power had been returned to over 800,000 citizens by Saturday and the major utility provider announced the main operations to restore power was finished though partial blackouts persisted.

Anti-Aircraft Operations and Drone Jamming

The Ukrainian anti-aircraft systems downed or disrupted 54 of 78 total enemy drones launched towards the country during the night, the air force said on the weekend.

Russia's military authorities claimed it shot down forty-two drones over the country's airspace.

Cuba Denies Allegations of Deploying Soldiers to the War

Havana on the weekend refuted US claims it has provided troops to participate in the hostilities, while stating Cuban authorities "do not have exact details about Cuban nationals" involved "independently" or "as part of the armed units of the conflicting parties".

The government department in the capital announced 26 Cuban citizens had been sentenced to jail sentences from five to 14 years for participating as mercenaries since last September when reports emerged of Cuban nationals being dispatched to the front in the conflict.

I Want to Live Program Discloses Details on Cuban National Enlistment

The surrender initiative, a Ukrainian government program that urges enemy combatants to lay down arms, stated in May: "We reliably know the names and personal details of over a thousand Cubans who enlisted with the Russian military in recently."

The government in Havana said of Cuban nationals who might be engaged: "Undeniably that none of them has the backing, dedication, or approval of the Cuban state for their actions."

Kin of Cubans who traveled to Russia in the year told international media at the time that their loved ones had been deceptively recruited through ads on social media.