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Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles have targeted Russia's oil facility in the city of Ufa, situated approximately 1,400 kilometers from Ukraine, resulting in detonations and a fire, per a insider in the Ukrainian SBU.

This represents the 3rd Ukrainian security service deep strike in Bashkortostan in the last month. These strikes illustrate that there are no secure zones in the deep rear of the Russian Federation.

Ukrainian President Urges US President to Facilitate Truce in Ukraine

The Ukrainian leader urged the US President to mediate a ceasefire in the Ukrainian conflict over a call on the weekend.

"When a conflict can be halted in a single area, then certainly additional conflicts can be stopped as well, encompassing the Russian war," Zelenskyy stated, praising Trump's "remarkable" Gaza truce proposal and urging the President to compel the Moscow into negotiations.

Russian Strikes Take Lives in the Country

Moscow's assaults on Ukrainian territory resulted in the deaths of several civilians on the weekend and cut power to parts of Ukraine's southern Odesa region, per local sources.

Two people lost their lives within a religious building in the town when it was hit, as reported by municipal sources.

In the Russian adjacent territory of the Belgorod region, a truck driver was fatally wounded by a Ukrainian strike, according to local officials.

Electricity Repair Operations in the Capital

Operations proceeded on the weekend to recover electricity in the Ukrainian capital, after Russian attacks.

Power had been recovered to in excess of 800,000 inhabitants by the weekend and the biggest power firm said the primary efforts to repair the grid was finished though certain disruptions continued.

Anti-Aircraft Efforts and UAV Jamming

Ukraine's air defences intercepted or jammed 54 of 78 Russian drones launched against the country during the night, the aerial defense command reported on the weekend.

The Russian military authorities claimed it eliminated forty-two drones over Russian territory.

Cuban Government Refutes Claims of Deploying Forces to Ukraine

Havana on the weekend refuted American assertions it has provided troops to fight in the conflict in Ukraine, while affirming officials in Havana "are without exact data about citizens of Cuba" involved "voluntarily" or "within the troops of either party".

The government department in Havana said 26 Cubans had been given prison terms to incarceration ranging from five to 14 years for mercenary activity since September 2023 when news circulated of Cubans being deployed to the battlefield in Ukraine.

Surrender Initiative Project Reveals Information on Cuban National Involvement

The program, a Ukrainian government program that urges adversaries to surrender, said in May: "We have confirmed the personal data of over a thousand Cubans who entered into agreements with the Moscow's troops in 2023-2024."

The Cuban authorities commented of those who might be involved: "Undeniably that no individual have the backing, commitment, or approval of the Cuban state for their activities."

Family members of individuals who departed to the Russian Federation in 2023 reported to news outlets at the time that their loved ones had been deceptively recruited through advertisements on digital networks.