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Ukraine's UAVs have hit Russia's Bashneft processing plant in Ufa, positioned around 1,400 kilometers from Ukraine, triggering explosions and a blaze, according to a informed individual in the Ukrainian Security Service.

This constitutes the third SBU long-range attack in the region in the recent weeks. These strikes illustrate that there are no secure zones in the far hinterland of the Russian Federation.

Ukrainian President Appeals to Trump to Mediate Peace in the Conflict

The Ukrainian leader called on the US President to mediate a ceasefire in the Ukrainian conflict over a phone call on Saturday.

"When a hostilities can be halted in a particular zone, then surely further hostilities can be stopped as well, covering the Russian war," he stated, praising the US President's "remarkable" Gaza truce proposal and urging the American leader to compel the Moscow into talks.

Russian Strikes Claim Lives in the Country

Strikes by Russia on Ukraine killed at least five people on the weekend and caused blackouts to sections of Ukraine's south Odesa region, per authorities in Ukraine.

A pair of individuals died inside a church in Kostyantynivka when it was struck, as reported by local authorities.

In the Russian border region of the Belgorod region, a truck driver was lost his life by a attack from Ukraine, as stated by municipal sources.

Energy Recovery Operations in the Capital

Operations carried on on the weekend to restore power in the Ukrainian capital, after assaults.

Electricity had been returned to in excess of 800,000 citizens by Saturday and the biggest private energy company stated the key operations to recover electricity was complete though certain disruptions remained.

Anti-Aircraft Operations and UAV Jamming

Ukraine's defense forces intercepted or jammed fifty-four of 78 total UAVs from Russia launched targeting Ukraine in the dark hours, the aerial defense command said on the weekend.

The Russian defence ministry claimed it intercepted 42 UAVs from Ukraine over Russian territory.

Cuban Government Denies Accusations of Providing Forces to the War

Cuba on the weekend rejected US assertions it has deployed soldiers to participate in the conflict in Ukraine, while stating officials in Havana "lack exact information about citizens of Cuba" involved "on their own" or "within the troops of the conflicting parties".

The foreign ministry in Havana announced 26 Cubans had been convicted to jail sentences from five up to fourteen years for mercenary involvement since last September when reports circulated of individuals being deployed to the front in Ukraine.

I Want to Live Project Discloses Information on Cuban Involvement

I Want to Live, a Ukrainian government initiative that urges opposing fighters to give up, stated in spring: "Our information indicates the identities and information of one thousand and twenty-eight individuals who entered into agreements with the Russian military in the past two years."

The Cuban foreign ministry said of those who might be participating: "Undeniably that none of them possesses the support, commitment, or authorization of the Cuban authorities for their involvement."

Relatives of Cubans who left for Russia in 2023 reported to international media at the time that their loved ones had been misled into enlisting through ads on digital networks.