Latest Processing Facility Assault Reveals 'No Secure Places in Russia's Distant Backlines'

Ukraine's UAVs have targeted Russia's oil processing plant in the city of Ufa, situated approximately 1,400 kilometers from Ukraine, resulting in blasts and a inferno, per a source in the Ukrainian SBU.

This represents the third intelligence deep strike in Bashkortostan in the recent weeks. Such strikes demonstrate that there are no safe places in the deep rear of the Russian state.

Zelenskyy Appeals to Trump to Broker Truce in Ukraine

President Zelenskyy called on the US President to broker peace in the Ukrainian conflict during a phone call on the weekend.

"If a conflict can be ended in a particular zone, then certainly additional conflicts can be stopped as well, including the Russian war," Zelenskyy remarked, hailing Trump's "remarkable" Middle East truce proposal and calling for the President to influence the Russian government into talks.

Russian Strikes Take Victims in Ukraine

Moscow's assaults on Ukrainian territory killed at least five people on Saturday and disrupted electricity to parts of Ukraine's south Odesa area, per local sources.

Two civilians lost their lives in a church in the town when it was targeted, as reported by local authorities.

In the Russian frontier area of Belgorod, a lorry operator was lost his life by a attack from Ukraine, as stated by local officials.

Power Repair Work in the Capital

Operations carried on on the weekend to recover electricity in Kyiv, after assaults.

Electricity had been recovered to over 800,000 residents by Saturday and the major utility provider said the primary efforts to restore power was finished though some outages continued.

Air Defence Actions and Drone Interceptions

The Ukrainian defense forces intercepted or jammed 54 of 78 total Russian drones launched targeting Ukraine overnight, the air force reported on the weekend.

The Russian defense officials claimed it eliminated forty-two UAVs from Ukraine over Russian territory.

Cuba Rejects Claims of Providing Troops to Ukraine

Havana on Saturday denied US claims it has deployed troops to engage in the hostilities, while affirming the government "are without precise information about citizens of Cuba" engaged "independently" or "within the troops of the conflicting parties".

The foreign ministry in the capital said twenty-six Cuban citizens had been given prison terms to jail sentences from five to 14 years for mercenary involvement since last September when information emerged of individuals being sent to the frontlines in Ukraine.

I Want to Live Project Discloses Data on Cuban Involvement

The program, a official Kyiv project that urges enemy combatants to lay down arms, reported in May: "We reliably know the names and personal details of 1,028 Cubans who signed contracts with the Russian military in 2023-2024."

The government in Havana commented of those who might be participating: "Undeniably that not a single one have the backing, allegiance, or consent of the government in Havana for their activities."

Relatives of individuals who departed to Russia in 2023 told Agence France-Presse at the time that their loved ones had been tricked into joining through ads on digital networks.