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Ukrainian UAVs have struck the Russian oil facility in the city of Ufa, located around 1,400 kilometers from the Ukrainian border, causing blasts and a blaze, according to a informed individual in Ukraine's intelligence agency.

This marks the 3rd Ukrainian security service long-range attack in the region in the past month. These strikes illustrate that there are no protected areas in the deep rear of the Russian Federation.

Ukrainian President Calls On Trump to Mediate Truce in the Conflict

The Ukrainian leader called on the US President to broker peace in Ukraine in a phone call on Saturday.

"Provided that a war can be halted in a particular zone, then certainly other wars can be stopped as well, encompassing the Russian war," he said, hailing Trump's "exceptional" Middle East truce proposal and requesting the President to influence the Moscow into discussions.

Moscow's Assaults Claim Lives in the Country

Russian attacks on Ukrainian territory resulted in the deaths of 5 individuals on Saturday and cut power to sections of Ukraine's southern Odesa area, per authorities in Ukraine.

Two people were killed within a place of worship in Kostyantynivka when it was hit, according to municipal sources.

In the Russian frontier area of Belgorod, a vehicle operator was lost his life by a drone assault, per municipal sources.

Power Recovery Efforts in Kyiv

Efforts proceeded on the weekend to recover electricity in the Ukrainian capital, after strikes by Moscow.

Power had been recovered to more than 800,000 inhabitants by Saturday and the major power firm said the main work to restore power was complete though certain disruptions continued.

Anti-Aircraft Operations and UAV Jamming

The Ukrainian defense forces intercepted or jammed fifty-four of seventy-eight UAVs from Russia launched against Ukraine overnight, the military announced on the weekend.

The Russian defence ministry stated it intercepted 42 enemy drones over its own soil.

Cuban Government Rejects Claims of Sending Forces to Ukraine

The Cuban government on Saturday rejected American claims it has deployed military personnel to fight in the hostilities, while affirming the government "lack precise data about Cuban nationals" participating "independently" or "in the military forces of either party".

The government department in the capital announced 26 Cubans had been given prison terms to incarceration varying between five to 14 years for participating as mercenaries since September 2023 when reports spread of individuals being deployed to the front in the conflict.

I Want to Live Initiative Discloses Data on Cuban National Involvement

The program, a state program that promotes adversaries to surrender, stated in May: "We have confirmed the identities and information of over a thousand Cuban nationals who enlisted with the Russian military in recently."

The Cuban foreign ministry commented of those who might be participating: "It is irrefutable that none of them have the support, dedication, or approval of the Cuban authorities for their actions."

Kin of individuals who traveled to Russia in the year reported to Agence France-Presse at the time that their relatives had been deceptively recruited through promotions on social media.