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Ukrainian UAVs have struck Russia's oil processing plant in the city of Ufa, situated approximately 1,400 km from Ukraine, causing blasts and a inferno, as reported by a source in Ukraine's SBU.

This constitutes the latest SBU long-range attack in the region in the past month. Such attacks illustrate that there are no protected areas in the far hinterland of the Russian Federation.

Ukrainian President Urges Trump to Broker Ceasefire in the Conflict

President Zelenskyy appealed to President Trump to mediate a ceasefire in the Ukrainian conflict in a call on Saturday.

"When a war can be ended in a single area, then certainly other wars can be ended as well, including the Russian aggression," he stated, commending the US President's "remarkable" Middle East peace initiative and requesting the President to pressure the Moscow into discussions.

Russian Attacks Claim Casualties in the Country

Russian attacks on Ukrainian territory killed at least five people on the weekend and disrupted electricity to parts of the south Odesa region, as stated by Ukrainian officials.

Two civilians were killed in a church in the town when it was hit, per municipal sources.

In the Russian border region of the Belgorod region, a lorry operator was fatally wounded by a attack from Ukraine, as stated by municipal sources.

Electricity Repair Operations in Kyiv

Efforts carried on on Saturday to repair energy infrastructure in Kyiv, after Russian attacks.

Electricity had been recovered to over 800,000 citizens by the weekend and the major private energy company stated the primary work to recover electricity was finished though some outages remained.

Anti-Aircraft Efforts and UAV Downings

Ukraine's anti-aircraft systems downed or disrupted 54 of 78 enemy drones deployed targeting Ukraine in the dark hours, the air force announced on the weekend.

The Russian defence ministry claimed it shot down 42 enemy drones over the country's airspace.

Cuban Government Rejects Allegations of Sending Forces to the War

The Cuban government on the weekend refuted US assertions it has provided troops to fight in the hostilities, while affirming officials in Havana "do not have accurate data about citizens of Cuba" involved "on their own" or "within the troops of either party".

The ministry in Havana said 26 nationals had been convicted to incarceration varying between five up to fourteen years for mercenary involvement since last September when information circulated of Cubans being deployed to the battlefield in the conflict.

Surrender Initiative Program Discloses Information on Cuban National Recruitment

The program, a official Kyiv program that promotes enemy combatants to give up, stated in spring: "Our information indicates the identities and information of 1,028 Cubans who entered into agreements with the Russian military in recently."

The Cuban foreign ministry said of Cuban nationals who might be engaged: "There is no doubt that none of them have the support, dedication, or authorization of the Cuban authorities for their actions."

Family members of Cuban nationals who departed to Russia in the year informed international media at the time that their loved ones had been tricked into joining through ads on social media.