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Ukraine's drones have targeted the Russian oil processing plant in the city of Ufa, positioned approximately 1,400 kilometers from Ukraine, causing explosions and a fire, according to a informed individual in the Ukrainian SBU.

This constitutes the 3rd Ukrainian security service long-range attack in the region in the past month. These strikes show that there are no safe places in the far hinterland of the Russia.

Zelenskyy Urges Trump to Broker Peace in Ukraine

President Zelenskyy appealed to President Trump to broker peace in Ukraine in a phone call on Saturday.

"When a hostilities can be halted in a particular zone, then certainly additional conflicts can be ended as well, including the conflict with Russia," he stated, praising Trump's "outstanding" Gaza truce proposal and calling for the President to pressure the Kremlin into discussions.

Moscow's Attacks Take Lives in Ukraine

Russian attacks on Ukrainian territory claimed the lives of five people on Saturday and cut power to parts of the southern Odesa area, according to authorities in Ukraine.

A pair of individuals died in a church in Kostyantynivka when it was struck, as reported by regional officials.

In Russia's border region of the Belgorod region, a lorry operator was fatally wounded by a attack from Ukraine, as stated by local officials.

Energy Recovery Operations in Kyiv

Efforts proceeded on Saturday to restore power in the Ukrainian capital, after strikes by Moscow.

Electricity had been returned to in excess of 800,000 citizens by Saturday and the major private energy company stated the main work to repair the grid was finished though some outages continued.

Air Defence Efforts and UAV Downings

Ukraine's defense forces neutralized 54 out of seventy-eight enemy drones launched against the country in the dark hours, the military said on the weekend.

Russia's defence ministry stated it intercepted forty-two Ukrainian drones over its own soil.

Cuban Government Denies Claims of Providing Forces to Ukraine

Cuba on the weekend denied US assertions it has deployed soldiers to engage in the Ukraine war, while declaring Cuban authorities "do not have precise details about citizens of Cuba" engaged "on their own" or "within the troops of the conflicting parties".

The ministry in Havana said twenty-six nationals had been convicted to prison terms from five up to fourteen years for participating as mercenaries since the autumn of 2023 when information emerged of individuals being sent to the battlefield in the conflict.

Surrender Initiative Initiative Reports Information on Cuban National Enlistment

The program, a state program that encourages adversaries to lay down arms, stated in May: "We have confirmed the names and personal details of one thousand and twenty-eight Cubans who enlisted with the Russian armed forces in 2023-2024."

The Cuban foreign ministry said of those who might be engaged: "Undeniably that none of them has the support, allegiance, or approval of the Cuban state for their actions."

Family members of individuals who traveled to Russia in the year reported to international media at the time that their relatives had been tricked into joining through ads on social media.