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Ukrainian drones have struck Russia's Bashneft processing plant in the city of Ufa, situated some 1,400 kilometres from Ukraine, triggering blasts and a inferno, as reported by a informed individual in the Ukrainian intelligence agency.

This represents the latest intelligence deep strike in the region in the last month. Those attacks illustrate that there are no protected areas in the distant backlines of the Russian Federation.

Ukrainian President Calls On US President to Facilitate Truce in the Conflict

President Zelenskyy called on Donald Trump to facilitate a truce in the Ukrainian conflict during a telephone conversation on the weekend.

"If a hostilities can be halted in one region, then certainly additional conflicts can be halted as well, covering the Russian war," he said, commending Trump's "exceptional" Gaza peace initiative and urging the President to influence the Russian government into discussions.

Moscow's Attacks Take Victims in the Country

Strikes by Russia on Ukraine resulted in the deaths of five people on the weekend and caused blackouts to sections of Ukraine's southern Odesa area, as stated by local sources.

Two civilians died within a place of worship in Kostyantynivka when it was struck, per regional officials.

In the Russian adjacent territory of Belgorod, a truck driver was killed by a drone assault, according to regional authorities.

Energy Recovery Work in the Capital

Work proceeded on the weekend to restore power in the Ukrainian capital, after Russian attacks.

Electricity had been restored to in excess of 800,000 citizens by the weekend and the major power firm said the primary work to repair the grid was complete though partial blackouts persisted.

Anti-Aircraft Actions and UAV Downings

Ukraine's anti-aircraft systems neutralized 54 out of 78 enemy drones deployed targeting Ukraine overnight, the air force announced on the weekend.

Russia's military authorities stated it shot down 42 enemy UAVs from Ukraine over its own soil.

Cuban Government Denies Claims of Providing Forces to the War

The Cuban government on the weekend refuted US claims it has provided military personnel to fight in the hostilities, while declaring officials in Havana "are without precise information about Cuban nationals" participating "voluntarily" or "in the military forces of both sides".

The government department in Havana said 26 nationals had been convicted to jail sentences from five to 14 years for mercenary activity since September 2023 when reports spread of Cubans being deployed to the battlefield in Ukraine.

I Want to Live Program Reveals Information on Cuban Recruitment

The surrender initiative, a state program that promotes adversaries to give up, stated in spring: "We have confirmed the identities and information of over a thousand Cuban nationals who signed contracts with the Russian military in the past two years."

The Cuban authorities commented of those who might be participating: "Undeniably that no individual possesses the backing, commitment, or consent of the Cuban authorities for their activities."

Kin of individuals who traveled to the Russian Federation in 2023 reported to international media at the time that their loved ones had been misled into enlisting through advertisements on social media.