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Ukrainian drones have struck the Russian oil refinery in Ufa, positioned approximately 1,400 km from Ukraine, causing detonations and a fire, according to a insider in Ukraine's intelligence agency.

This constitutes the latest intelligence deep strike in the region in the past month. Those strikes illustrate that there are no protected areas in the deep rear of the Russian state.

Ukrainian President Urges US President to Facilitate Peace in the Conflict

Volodymyr Zelenskyy called on Donald Trump to mediate a ceasefire in the Ukrainian conflict during a telephone conversation on the weekend.

"Provided that a conflict can be stopped in a single area, then certainly further hostilities can be halted as well, encompassing the Russian war," he said, praising Trump's "exceptional" Gaza peace initiative and urging the US president to pressure the Kremlin into talks.

Moscow's Attacks Kill Casualties in the Country

Strikes by Russia on Ukraine claimed the lives of several civilians on the weekend and disrupted electricity to sections of the southern Odesa oblast, per Ukrainian officials.

Two people were killed in a place of worship in the town when it was struck, according to regional officials.

In Russia's adjacent territory of the Belgorod region, a lorry operator was killed by a Ukrainian strike, per local officials.

Electricity Restoration Operations in Kyiv

Work carried on on the weekend to repair energy infrastructure in the Ukrainian capital, after assaults.

Energy had been returned to over 800,000 inhabitants by the weekend and the major power firm announced the primary work to restore power was finished though some outages persisted.

Air Defence Efforts and Drone Interceptions

Ukraine's anti-aircraft systems downed or disrupted 54 of seventy-eight Russian drones deployed towards Ukraine in the dark hours, the aerial defense command announced on Saturday.

The Russian defence ministry said it shot down forty-two Ukrainian drones over Russian territory.

Cuban Government Denies Allegations of Providing Troops to the War

Cuba on Saturday rejected US assertions it has provided troops to participate in the hostilities, while affirming Cuban authorities "do not have accurate data about individuals" engaged "on their own" or "in the military forces of the conflicting parties".

The ministry in the capital announced 26 nationals had been given prison terms to jail sentences varying between 5 to 14 years for mercenary involvement since last September when information circulated of Cubans being deployed to the battlefield in Ukraine.

I Want to Live Project Reports Details on Cuban National Involvement

I Want to Live, a Ukrainian government initiative that encourages opposing fighters to give up, reported in spring: "Our information indicates the identities and information of one thousand and twenty-eight Cubans who enlisted with the Russian armed forces in recently."

The Cuban foreign ministry stated of those who might be involved: "There is no doubt that not a single one have the encouragement, allegiance, or approval of the Cuban authorities for their actions."

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 misled into enlisting through ads on digital networks.