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Ukrainian drones have struck the Russian Bashneft facility in the city of Ufa, positioned some 1,400 kilometres from the Ukrainian border, resulting in blasts and a blaze, as reported by a informed individual in the Ukrainian SBU.

This constitutes the 3rd intelligence deep strike in Bashkortostan in the recent weeks. These strikes illustrate that there are no protected areas in the far hinterland of the Russian state.

Zelenskyy Calls On Trump to Broker Peace in Ukraine

President Zelenskyy urged Donald Trump to broker peace in the Ukrainian conflict during a telephone conversation on the weekend.

"When a hostilities can be stopped in one region, then certainly other wars can be stopped as well, encompassing the conflict with Russia," Zelenskyy stated, hailing Trump's "outstanding" Middle East peace initiative and calling for the American leader to influence the Moscow into talks.

Russian Strikes Claim Casualties in the Country

Moscow's assaults on Ukraine claimed the lives of several civilians on Saturday and cut power to parts of Ukraine's south Odesa oblast, as stated by local sources.

Two civilians died within a church in the town when it was struck, as reported by municipal sources.

In Russia's border region of Belgorod, a vehicle operator was lost his life by a drone assault, as stated by municipal sources.

Electricity Repair Operations in the Capital

Work carried on on the weekend to recover electricity in Kyiv, after strikes by Moscow.

Electricity had been restored to more than 800,000 inhabitants by Saturday and the major private energy company announced the key operations to repair the grid was complete though some outages continued.

Air Defence Operations and UAV Downings

Ukraine's anti-aircraft systems intercepted or jammed 54 of 78 UAVs from Russia deployed towards Ukraine overnight, the aerial defense command announced on the weekend.

Russia's defence ministry stated it intercepted 42 drones over Russian territory.

Cuban Government Rejects Accusations of Providing Forces to the War

Cuba on Saturday refuted American assertions it has provided military personnel to participate in the conflict in Ukraine, while stating officials in Havana "are without exact data about citizens of Cuba" involved "on their own" or "as part of the armed units of either party".

The foreign ministry in Havana stated 26 Cuban citizens had been sentenced to prison terms varying between five up to fourteen years for mercenary involvement since last September when news circulated of Cuban nationals being sent to the battlefield in Ukraine.

Surrender Initiative Initiative Discloses Details on Cuban Recruitment

I Want to Live, a official Kyiv program that encourages enemy combatants to lay down arms, stated in May: "We have confirmed the identities and information of 1,028 Cubans who enlisted with the Russian military in recently."

The Cuban foreign ministry stated of Cuban nationals who might be engaged: "There is no doubt that no individual possesses the support, dedication, or approval of the Cuban authorities for their actions."

Family members of Cuban nationals who left for Russia in 2023 reported to news outlets at the time that their relatives had been tricked into joining through ads on online platforms.