Recent Processing Facility Attack Shows 'Zero Safe Areas in Russia's Far Hinterland'

Ukraine's UAVs have targeted the Russian oil processing plant in Ufa, located around 1,400 kilometers from Ukraine, triggering explosions and a blaze, according to a insider in the Ukrainian Security Service.

This marks the latest intelligence far-reaching assault in Bashkortostan in the past month. Those strikes demonstrate that there are no secure zones in the far hinterland of the Russia.

Ukrainian President Appeals to Trump to Facilitate Ceasefire in Ukraine

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

"When a hostilities can be halted in one region, then certainly other wars can be stopped as well, including the Russian aggression," Zelenskyy stated, hailing Trump's "exceptional" Gaza truce proposal and requesting the American leader to influence the Moscow into talks.

Moscow's Attacks Kill Victims in Ukraine

Russian attacks on Ukraine claimed the lives of five people on the weekend and cut power to sections of Ukraine's south Odesa region, as stated by authorities in Ukraine.

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

In Russia's adjacent territory of Belgorod, a truck driver was fatally wounded by a drone assault, as stated by regional authorities.

Electricity Restoration Efforts in Kyiv

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

Power had been returned to more than 800,000 residents by the weekend and the largest power firm said the key work to recover electricity was complete though some outages remained.

Air Defence Actions and UAV Interceptions

The Ukrainian anti-aircraft systems intercepted or jammed 54 of 78 Russian drones sent targeting the country during the night, the military reported on Saturday.

The Russian military authorities said it intercepted forty-two Ukrainian drones over its own soil.

Cuban Government Refutes Accusations of Deploying Forces to Ukraine

The Cuban government on the weekend refuted US assertions it has sent military personnel to participate in the hostilities, while declaring Cuban authorities "lack precise data about Cuban nationals" engaged "independently" or "in the military forces of both sides".

The government department in the capital announced 26 Cuban citizens had been given prison terms to jail sentences from five up to fourteen years for mercenary activity since September 2023 when reports spread of Cubans being sent to the frontlines in the conflict.

Surrender Initiative Project Discloses Data on Cuban Recruitment

The surrender initiative, a official Kyiv initiative that encourages enemy combatants to give up, stated in spring: "We have confirmed the personal data of 1,028 Cubans who signed contracts with the Russian military in 2023-2024."

The Cuban authorities commented of Cubans who might be engaged: "There is no doubt that no individual possesses the encouragement, commitment, or consent of the Cuban state for their involvement."

Family members of Cuban nationals who traveled to the Russian Federation in 2023 informed Agence France-Presse at the time that their family members had been misled into enlisting through ads on digital networks.