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Ukrainian UAVs have targeted Russia's oil facility in the city of Ufa, situated around 1,400 km from the Ukrainian border, causing explosions and a fire, according to a informed individual in the Ukrainian Security Service.

This constitutes the latest intelligence deep strike in the region in the past month. These strikes show that there are no protected areas in the deep rear of the Russian Federation.

Zelenskyy Urges Trump to Mediate Peace in Ukraine

Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged Donald Trump to facilitate a truce in the Ukrainian conflict over a telephone conversation on the weekend.

"When a conflict can be ended in a particular zone, then surely additional conflicts can be ended as well, including the conflict with Russia," Zelenskyy remarked, commending the US President's "remarkable" Gaza peace initiative and calling for the American leader to compel the Moscow into discussions.

Russian Strikes Take Casualties in Ukraine

Moscow's assaults on Ukrainian territory claimed the lives of several civilians on the weekend and disrupted electricity to parts of the southern Odesa region, as stated by authorities in Ukraine.

Two people died inside a religious building in Kostyantynivka when it was hit, per regional officials.

In Russia's adjacent territory of Belgorod, a vehicle operator was lost his life by a attack from Ukraine, according to municipal sources.

Power Repair Work in the Capital

Operations proceeded on the weekend to restore power in Kyiv, after strikes by Moscow.

Electricity had been recovered to in excess of 800,000 inhabitants by Saturday and the biggest power firm stated the key work to restore power was concluded though partial blackouts persisted.

Air Defence Actions and Drone Jamming

The Ukrainian defense forces intercepted or jammed 54 of seventy-eight UAVs from Russia deployed targeting Ukraine in the dark hours, the air force said on Saturday.

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

Cuban Government Refutes Allegations of Providing Soldiers to Ukraine

Havana on the weekend denied American assertions it has sent soldiers to participate in the Ukraine war, while affirming Cuban authorities "do not have precise information about citizens of Cuba" involved "independently" or "in the military forces of both sides".

The foreign ministry in the capital announced 26 Cubans had been convicted to jail sentences varying between five up to fourteen years for participating as mercenaries since September 2023 when information spread of individuals being dispatched to the battlefield in Ukraine.

I Want to Live Project Reveals Details on Cuban National Involvement

I Want to Live, a state program that promotes adversaries to lay down arms, reported in May: "We have confirmed the names and personal details of one thousand and twenty-eight Cubans who entered into agreements with the Moscow's troops in the past two years."

The Cuban authorities stated of those who might be involved: "Undeniably that no individual possesses the encouragement, dedication, or approval of the government in Havana for their involvement."

Kin of Cubans who departed to Russia in the year reported to news outlets at the time that their relatives had been misled into enlisting through promotions on digital networks.