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Ukrainian UAVs have struck Russia's Bashneft facility in the city of Ufa, situated around 1,400 kilometres from Ukraine, causing detonations and a fire, per a informed individual in the Ukrainian intelligence agency.

This constitutes the third intelligence long-range attack in the region in the last month. Those strikes demonstrate that there are no protected areas in the far hinterland of the Russian Federation.

Zelenskyy Urges US President to Broker Truce in the Conflict

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

"When a war can be halted in a single area, then surely additional conflicts can be ended as well, encompassing the Russian war," he remarked, commending the US President's "outstanding" Middle East truce proposal and requesting the President to influence the Moscow into talks.

Moscow's Attacks Take Victims in Ukraine

Strikes by Russia on Ukraine resulted in the deaths of several civilians on the weekend and caused blackouts to sections of the south Odesa region, according to authorities in Ukraine.

Two people lost their lives inside a religious building in the town when it was struck, according to local authorities.

In the Russian border region of Belgorod, a lorry operator was killed by a drone assault, according to regional authorities.

Power Recovery Efforts in the Capital

Efforts carried on on the weekend to recover electricity in the Ukrainian capital, after Russian attacks.

Energy had been restored to in excess of 800,000 citizens by Saturday and the biggest utility provider announced the main work to restore power was concluded though certain disruptions continued.

Anti-Aircraft Actions and UAV Downings

The Ukrainian defense forces downed or disrupted 54 of seventy-eight Russian drones deployed against Ukraine in the dark hours, the air force said on the weekend.

Russia's defense officials claimed it shot down forty-two drones over its own soil.

Cuban Government Refutes Claims of Sending Soldiers to Ukraine

Cuba on the weekend rejected US claims it has deployed troops to engage in the hostilities, while affirming officials in Havana "lack accurate data about Cuban nationals" involved "voluntarily" or "in the military forces of both sides".

The government department in Havana stated 26 Cubans had been convicted to incarceration ranging from 5 to 14 years for participating as mercenaries since the autumn of 2023 when information emerged of Cubans being sent to the battlefield in the conflict.

Surrender Initiative Project Discloses Details on Cuban National Involvement

The program, a official Kyiv program that encourages adversaries to surrender, stated in May: "We have confirmed the names and personal details of over a thousand Cubans who signed contracts with the Moscow's troops in the past two years."

The Cuban authorities said of Cubans who might be engaged: "It is irrefutable that no individual possesses the encouragement, dedication, or consent of the Cuban state for their activities."

Relatives of individuals who left for Russia in the year reported to news outlets at the time that their loved ones had been deceptively recruited through advertisements on digital networks.