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Ukraine's drones have hit Russia's oil processing plant in Ufa, situated around 1,400 km from Ukraine, causing blasts and a blaze, per a insider in Ukraine's SBU.

This represents the third Ukrainian security service long-range attack in the region in the past month. Those strikes illustrate that there are no secure zones in the far hinterland of the Russian Federation.

Ukrainian President Appeals to Trump to Facilitate Peace in the Conflict

The Ukrainian leader urged President Trump to facilitate a truce in the Ukrainian conflict in a telephone conversation on the weekend.

"Provided that a conflict can be halted in a single area, then surely other wars can be halted as well, covering the Russian aggression," the President stated, hailing Trump's "remarkable" Middle East peace initiative and requesting the US president to compel the Moscow into talks.

Moscow's Strikes Claim Casualties in Ukraine

Russian attacks on Ukraine resulted in the deaths of five people on the weekend and caused blackouts to parts of Ukraine's southern Odesa oblast, according to local sources.

A pair of individuals lost their lives within a religious building in the town when it was targeted, as reported by local authorities.

In the Russian frontier area of Belgorod, a truck driver was killed by a attack from Ukraine, as stated by regional authorities.

Electricity Restoration Operations in Kyiv

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

Power had been returned to over 800,000 inhabitants by the weekend and the major private energy company announced the main operations to restore power was concluded though certain disruptions remained.

Air Defence Operations and Drone Downings

The Ukrainian air defences neutralized 54 out of seventy-eight Russian drones launched towards Ukraine during the night, the air force reported on the weekend.

The Russian defense officials claimed it eliminated forty-two drones over the country's airspace.

Cuba Refutes Allegations of Providing Troops to Ukraine

The Cuban government on the weekend refuted American assertions it has sent troops to participate in the conflict in Ukraine, while stating Cuban authorities "do not have precise details about citizens of Cuba" engaged "on their own" or "within the troops of either party".

The foreign ministry in the capital stated twenty-six Cuban citizens had been sentenced to incarceration from five up to fourteen years for participating as mercenaries since September 2023 when reports emerged of individuals being dispatched to the battlefield in Ukraine.

I Want to Live Program Discloses Information on Cuban Enlistment

I Want to Live, a official Kyiv project that promotes adversaries to lay down arms, stated in spring: "We reliably know the personal data of over a thousand Cuban nationals who entered into agreements with the Russian military in 2023-2024."

The government in Havana said of Cubans who might be engaged: "There is no doubt that none of them has the backing, dedication, or approval of the government in Havana for their involvement."

Family members of Cuban nationals who left for Russia in 2023 informed international media at the time that their family members had been misled into enlisting through promotions on online platforms.