🔗 Share this article

Ukrainian drones have hit the Russian Bashneft processing plant in the city of Ufa, situated some 1,400 kilometres from Ukraine, resulting in blasts and a blaze, according to a source in the Ukrainian intelligence agency.

This represents the third intelligence long-range attack in the region in the past month. These strikes illustrate that there are no safe places in the far hinterland of the Russia.

Zelenskyy Calls On US President to Facilitate Ceasefire in Ukraine

President Zelenskyy appealed to President Trump to broker peace in the Ukrainian conflict over a call on the weekend.

"If a war can be halted in one region, then undoubtedly additional conflicts can be ended as well, including the Russian war," the President said, commending the US President's "outstanding" Gaza truce proposal and urging the US president to influence the Kremlin into negotiations.

Moscow's Assaults Take Victims in the Country

Russian attacks on Ukraine killed at least several civilians on Saturday and cut power to areas of the south Odesa oblast, as stated by Ukrainian officials.

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

In Russia's adjacent territory of Belgorod, a vehicle operator was fatally wounded by a attack from Ukraine, per municipal sources.

Power Recovery Work in Kyiv

Operations proceeded on the weekend to repair energy infrastructure in the Ukrainian capital, after strikes by Moscow.

Power had been recovered to over 800,000 inhabitants by Saturday and the largest power firm stated the key work to recover electricity was complete though some outages remained.

Anti-Aircraft Operations and UAV Downings

Ukraine's defense forces neutralized 54 out of 78 enemy drones deployed targeting Ukraine overnight, the aerial defense command reported on Saturday.

Russia's defence ministry said it eliminated forty-two drones over its own soil.

Cuban Government Denies Accusations of Sending Troops to Ukraine

Cuba on the weekend rejected American assertions it has sent military personnel to engage in the Ukraine war, while affirming Cuban authorities "do not have precise data about individuals" engaged "voluntarily" or "in the military forces of either party".

The government department in Havana announced 26 nationals had been sentenced to jail sentences varying between five to 14 years for mercenary activity since the autumn of 2023 when news emerged of Cubans being sent to the frontlines in the conflict.

I Want to Live Program Discloses Data on Cuban Involvement

The program, a official Kyiv initiative that encourages enemy combatants to surrender, said in May: "We reliably know the identities and information of 1,028 Cuban nationals who entered into agreements with the Russian military in the past two years."

The Cuban authorities commented of Cubans who might be participating: "Undeniably that none of them has the backing, dedication, or approval of the Cuban state for their involvement."

Relatives of Cubans who traveled to Russia in the year informed international media at the time that their family members had been deceptively recruited through promotions on digital networks.