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Ukraine's unmanned aerial vehicles have targeted Russia's oil facility in Ufa, positioned some 1,400 kilometers from Ukraine, resulting in detonations and a blaze, as reported by a source in the Ukrainian Security Service.

This marks the third intelligence long-range attack in Bashkortostan in the last month. Such strikes illustrate that there are no secure zones in the distant backlines of the Russia.

Zelenskyy Calls On Trump to Mediate Truce in the Conflict

Volodymyr Zelenskyy appealed to Donald Trump to mediate a ceasefire in the Ukrainian conflict during a telephone conversation on Saturday.

"Provided that a war can be ended in a single area, then certainly other wars can be stopped as well, including the Russian aggression," the President said, commending Trump's "outstanding" Gaza truce proposal and requesting the President to compel the Kremlin into negotiations.

Russian Attacks Take Victims in Ukraine

Strikes by Russia on Ukrainian territory claimed the lives of five people on the weekend and disrupted electricity to areas of Ukraine's south Odesa oblast, as stated by Ukrainian officials.

Two civilians were killed in a place of worship in the town when it was targeted, as reported by regional officials.

In the Russian border region of Belgorod, a vehicle operator was fatally wounded by a attack from Ukraine, according to local officials.

Energy Recovery Efforts in Kyiv

Efforts continued on the weekend to recover electricity in Kyiv, after assaults.

Power had been restored to more than 800,000 inhabitants by Saturday and the major private energy company announced the main work to restore power was concluded though some outages continued.

Anti-Aircraft Operations and UAV Interceptions

The Ukrainian defense forces downed or disrupted 54 out of 78 total UAVs from Russia deployed against Ukraine overnight, the military reported on the weekend.

The Russian military authorities said it eliminated 42 Ukrainian drones over its own soil.

Cuba Rejects Accusations of Providing Forces to Ukraine

Havana on the weekend rejected US claims it has deployed military personnel to engage in the hostilities, while stating Cuban authorities "do not have precise information about Cuban nationals" engaged "voluntarily" or "within the troops of the conflicting parties".

The foreign ministry in the capital announced 26 Cuban citizens had been sentenced to jail sentences varying between 5 to 14 years for mercenary activity since last September when information spread of Cubans being dispatched to the front in the conflict.

I Want to Live Project Reveals Details on Cuban National Recruitment

I Want to Live, a Ukrainian government program that urges adversaries to give up, said in May: "We have confirmed the personal data of over a thousand individuals who enlisted with the Russian armed forces in recently."

The government in Havana said of Cuban nationals who might be engaged: "It is irrefutable that not a single one have the encouragement, dedication, or consent of the Cuban authorities for their involvement."

Kin of individuals who left for the Russian Federation in 2023 told news outlets at the time that their loved ones had been tricked into joining through ads on social media.