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Ukrainian UAVs have targeted the Russian Bashneft processing plant in Ufa, positioned some 1,400 kilometres from Ukraine, resulting in blasts and a inferno, as reported by a informed individual in the Ukrainian intelligence agency.

This marks the latest intelligence long-range attack in Bashkortostan in the past month. These strikes show that there are no secure zones in the far hinterland of the Russian Federation.

Ukrainian President Urges Trump to Broker Ceasefire in the Conflict

Volodymyr Zelenskyy appealed to President Trump to mediate a ceasefire in the Ukrainian conflict over a call on the weekend.

"Provided that a conflict can be halted in one region, then surely additional conflicts can be halted as well, encompassing the Russian aggression," he stated, hailing Trump's "exceptional" Middle East ceasefire plan and requesting the American leader to pressure the Kremlin into discussions.

Moscow's Assaults Take Victims in the Country

Moscow's assaults on Ukrainian territory killed at least five people on Saturday and disrupted electricity to areas of the south Odesa oblast, per authorities in Ukraine.

Two civilians lost their lives inside a religious building in the town when it was struck, as reported by local authorities.

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

Power Repair Work in Kyiv

Efforts continued on the weekend to repair energy infrastructure in Kyiv, after Russian attacks.

Energy had been returned to more than 800,000 residents by Saturday and the biggest utility provider said the key operations to recover electricity was complete though some outages continued.

Air Defence Actions and Drone Downings

Ukraine's defense forces downed or disrupted fifty-four of seventy-eight Russian drones launched towards the country overnight, the air force announced on the weekend.

Russia's defence ministry claimed it intercepted 42 enemy drones over the country's airspace.

Cuba Refutes Accusations of Deploying Forces to Ukraine

Havana on the weekend rejected US assertions it has deployed military personnel to participate in the hostilities, while declaring officials in Havana "lack precise details about individuals" participating "voluntarily" or "in the military forces of both sides".

The foreign ministry in Havana said 26 Cuban citizens had been convicted to incarceration from five to 14 years for participating as mercenaries since the autumn of 2023 when reports emerged of Cuban nationals being dispatched to the frontlines in Ukraine.

I Want to Live Project Reveals Data on Cuban National Involvement

The surrender initiative, a official Kyiv initiative that promotes opposing fighters to surrender, stated in May: "We have confirmed the identities and information of one thousand and twenty-eight individuals who enlisted with the Russian armed forces in 2023-2024."

The Cuban foreign ministry said of those who might be engaged: "There is no doubt that no individual has the encouragement, commitment, or consent of the Cuban state for their involvement."

Kin of Cuban nationals who departed to Russia in 2023 told Agence France-Presse at the time that their family members had been misled into enlisting through advertisements on online platforms.