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Ukraine's UAVs have targeted Russia's oil facility in the city of Ufa, positioned approximately 1,400 km from Ukraine, triggering blasts and a inferno, per a insider in Ukraine's Security Service.

This marks the latest SBU deep strike in the region in the past month. These strikes illustrate that there are no secure zones in the deep rear of the Russia.

Ukrainian President Urges US President to Facilitate Truce in Ukraine

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

"When a conflict can be ended in a particular zone, then certainly other wars can be halted as well, encompassing the Russian war," Zelenskyy said, hailing the US President's "exceptional" Gaza ceasefire plan and calling for the President to pressure the Kremlin into negotiations.

Russian Strikes Claim Victims in the Country

Russian attacks on Ukrainian territory resulted in the deaths of 5 individuals on the weekend and disrupted electricity to parts of Ukraine's southern Odesa oblast, as stated by authorities in Ukraine.

Two people lost their lives within a place of worship in Kostyantynivka when it was struck, according to local authorities.

In Russia's frontier area of Belgorod, a vehicle operator was fatally wounded by a Ukrainian strike, according to regional authorities.

Electricity Repair Efforts in the Capital

Operations continued on Saturday to restore power in Kyiv, after assaults.

Electricity had been restored to over 800,000 residents by the weekend and the major power firm stated the primary work to recover electricity was finished though partial blackouts remained.

Anti-Aircraft Operations and UAV Downings

The Ukrainian air defences neutralized 54 of 78 total Russian drones launched towards Ukraine in the dark hours, the military announced on Saturday.

The Russian defense officials claimed it shot down 42 enemy Ukrainian drones over its own soil.

Cuban Government Denies Allegations of Deploying Forces to the War

Cuba on Saturday rejected American assertions it has deployed troops to fight in the conflict in Ukraine, while stating officials in Havana "do not have exact information about Cuban nationals" involved "voluntarily" or "within the troops of the conflicting parties".

The government department in the capital stated 26 Cuban citizens had been convicted to incarceration varying between five up to fourteen years for mercenary involvement since last September when reports spread of Cuban nationals being sent to the front in the conflict.

Surrender Initiative Initiative Reports Data on Cuban National Recruitment

The program, a official Kyiv initiative that encourages opposing fighters to surrender, said in spring: "We reliably know the personal data of one thousand and twenty-eight Cuban nationals who signed contracts with the Moscow's troops in recently."

The Cuban authorities said of those who might be engaged: "Undeniably that no individual has the encouragement, commitment, or authorization of the government in Havana for their activities."

Kin of Cubans who departed to Russia in 2023 informed international media at the time that their family members had been tricked into joining through advertisements on digital networks.