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Ukrainian UAVs have struck the Russian oil facility in Ufa, positioned some 1,400 kilometres from Ukraine, triggering explosions and a fire, per a informed individual in the Ukrainian Security Service.

This constitutes the 3rd intelligence deep strike in the region in the recent weeks. Those operations illustrate that there are no secure zones in the far hinterland of the Russia.

Ukrainian President Urges Trump to Mediate Peace in the Conflict

Volodymyr Zelenskyy called on Donald Trump to facilitate a truce in Ukraine during a call on Saturday.

"When a hostilities can be stopped in one region, then certainly further hostilities can be halted as well, encompassing the Russian aggression," he said, hailing the US President's "exceptional" Gaza ceasefire plan and urging the US president to pressure the Kremlin into talks.

Russian Attacks Kill Casualties in the Country

Moscow's assaults on Ukrainian territory claimed the lives of five people on the weekend and disrupted electricity to parts of the south Odesa region, as stated by local sources.

Two civilians were killed within a religious building in Kostyantynivka when it was targeted, as reported by municipal sources.

In the Russian frontier area of the Belgorod region, a vehicle operator was lost his life by a Ukrainian strike, according to regional authorities.

Power Restoration Work in Kyiv

Efforts continued on Saturday to repair energy infrastructure in the Ukrainian capital, after assaults.

Energy had been recovered to over 800,000 citizens by the weekend and the major private energy company said the key work to recover electricity was finished though certain disruptions persisted.

Anti-Aircraft Efforts and Drone Downings

Ukraine's air defences downed or disrupted 54 of 78 enemy drones launched towards Ukraine during the night, the military said on Saturday.

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

Cuban Government Refutes Claims of Providing Troops to the War

Havana on the weekend rejected US allegations it has sent military personnel to participate in the hostilities, while affirming the government "lack exact details about citizens of Cuba" participating "voluntarily" or "within the troops of either party".

The government department in the capital stated 26 nationals had been convicted to jail sentences from five to 14 years for mercenary involvement since last September when information circulated of individuals being dispatched to the front in Ukraine.

Surrender Initiative Initiative Reports Data on Cuban National Enlistment

The surrender initiative, a official Kyiv program that encourages adversaries to lay down arms, said in May: "We reliably know the identities and information of one thousand and twenty-eight Cuban nationals who entered into agreements with the Moscow's troops in 2023-2024."

The Cuban foreign ministry commented of those who might be participating: "Undeniably that not a single one have the backing, allegiance, or approval of the Cuban state for their activities."

Family members of Cuban nationals who departed to the Russian Federation in 2023 informed news outlets at the time that their family members had been tricked into joining through ads on social media.