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Ukraine's drones have hit the Russian oil facility in the city of Ufa, positioned some 1,400 kilometers from the Ukrainian border, triggering detonations and a fire, according to a informed individual in the Ukrainian Security Service.

This marks the latest intelligence deep strike in the region in the past month. Such strikes show that there are no safe places in the deep rear of the Russian Federation.

Ukrainian President Appeals to US President to Facilitate Truce in Ukraine

President Zelenskyy appealed to President Trump to facilitate a truce in the Ukrainian conflict over a phone call on the weekend.

"If a war can be halted in a single area, then undoubtedly additional conflicts can be ended as well, including the conflict with Russia," he stated, hailing the US President's "remarkable" Middle East ceasefire plan and calling for the US president to pressure the Kremlin into talks.

Moscow's Strikes Take Victims in Ukraine

Moscow's assaults on Ukrainian territory killed at least several civilians on Saturday and cut power to sections of the south Odesa oblast, according to Ukrainian officials.

Two civilians died in a place of worship in the town when it was struck, per municipal sources.

In the Russian frontier area of the Belgorod region, a truck driver was fatally wounded by a Ukrainian strike, as stated by local officials.

Electricity Recovery Efforts in the Capital

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

Energy had been recovered to in excess of 800,000 inhabitants by Saturday and the biggest power firm stated the primary work to recover electricity was concluded though certain disruptions persisted.

Anti-Aircraft Operations and UAV Jamming

The Ukrainian anti-aircraft systems neutralized 54 of seventy-eight UAVs from Russia sent against Ukraine in the dark hours, the military said on Saturday.

Russia's defence ministry said it shot down 42 UAVs from Ukraine over Russian territory.

Cuba Denies Claims of Deploying Troops to the War

Cuba on the weekend rejected US assertions it has deployed military personnel to engage in the conflict in Ukraine, while declaring officials in Havana "are without exact data about Cuban nationals" engaged "on their own" or "in the military forces of either party".

The foreign ministry in the capital stated twenty-six nationals had been sentenced to prison terms ranging from five up to fourteen years for participating as mercenaries since last September when information spread of Cubans being sent to the battlefield in the conflict.

Surrender Initiative Project Reveals Data on Cuban Enlistment

The surrender initiative, a state project that encourages enemy combatants to give up, stated in May: "We have confirmed the identities and information of over a thousand individuals who enlisted with the Russian military in the past two years."

The government in Havana stated of those who might be engaged: "There is no doubt that none of them have the support, dedication, or consent of the government in Havana for their actions."

Family members of Cuban nationals who departed to Russia in the year told Agence France-Presse at the time that their family members had been tricked into joining through promotions on social media.