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Ukraine's drones have struck Russia's oil refinery in the city of Ufa, positioned around 1,400 km from Ukraine, resulting in blasts and a inferno, as reported by a insider in the Ukrainian Security Service.

This constitutes the 3rd intelligence deep strike in the region in the recent weeks. Those strikes demonstrate that there are no secure zones in the deep rear of the Russian Federation.

Zelenskyy Appeals to Trump to Broker Ceasefire in the Conflict

Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged President Trump to facilitate a truce in Ukraine over a telephone conversation on the weekend.

"Provided that a hostilities can be halted in a single area, then certainly other wars can be stopped as well, encompassing the Russian aggression," the President remarked, praising the US President's "remarkable" Middle East truce proposal and requesting the US president to compel the Kremlin into discussions.

Moscow's Strikes Claim Lives in Ukraine

Russian attacks on Ukrainian territory claimed the lives of five people on the weekend and disrupted electricity to sections of Ukraine's southern Odesa oblast, per local sources.

A pair of individuals died within a place of worship in Kostyantynivka when it was targeted, according to regional officials.

In the Russian adjacent territory of the Belgorod region, a truck driver was lost his life by a attack from Ukraine, per local officials.

Energy Repair Work in Kyiv

Efforts proceeded on the weekend to repair energy infrastructure in Kyiv, after Russian attacks.

Electricity had been returned to more than 800,000 inhabitants by the weekend and the major power firm announced the main operations to repair the grid was concluded though some outages continued.

Anti-Aircraft Efforts and Drone Downings

The Ukrainian air defences intercepted or jammed fifty-four of 78 enemy drones deployed towards Ukraine during the night, the aerial defense command reported on Saturday.

The Russian defense officials said it shot down 42 UAVs from Ukraine over the country's airspace.

Cuban Government Refutes Claims of Sending Forces to Ukraine

The Cuban government on the weekend refuted US allegations it has deployed troops to engage in the hostilities, while declaring the government "lack precise information about citizens of Cuba" participating "independently" or "in the military forces of both sides".

The ministry in Havana said 26 Cuban citizens had been given prison terms to incarceration ranging from five to 14 years for participating as mercenaries since last September when news emerged of Cuban nationals being sent to the frontlines in Ukraine.

I Want to Live Project Reports Details on Cuban National Involvement

I Want to Live, a Ukrainian government initiative that promotes opposing fighters to surrender, stated in spring: "Our information indicates the identities and information of over a thousand Cubans who enlisted with the Moscow's troops in the past two years."

The Cuban foreign ministry said of Cubans who might be involved: "It is irrefutable that none of them possesses the encouragement, commitment, or consent of the Cuban state for their involvement."

Relatives of Cubans who traveled to Russia in 2023 reported to news outlets at the time that their family members had been misled into enlisting through ads on online platforms.