Latest Oil Plant Strike Demonstrates 'Absolutely No Protected Areas in the Russian Distant Backlines'

Ukraine's UAVs have hit the Russian oil processing plant in Ufa, positioned some 1,400 kilometres from Ukraine, triggering detonations and a fire, per a informed individual in the Ukrainian intelligence agency.

This marks the third Ukrainian security service deep strike in the region in the last month. These attacks show that there are no secure zones in the far hinterland of the Russia.

Zelenskyy Urges Trump to Mediate Ceasefire in Ukraine

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

"If a conflict can be halted in a particular zone, then certainly additional conflicts can be halted as well, including the Russian aggression," he remarked, praising Trump's "outstanding" Gaza truce proposal and calling for the President to influence the Moscow into negotiations.

Moscow's Strikes Kill Victims in the Country

Moscow's assaults on Ukraine claimed the lives of five people on the weekend and caused blackouts to areas of the southern Odesa oblast, according to local sources.

Two people lost their lives in a place of worship in the town when it was struck, as reported by municipal sources.

In Russia's adjacent territory of the Belgorod region, a vehicle operator was fatally wounded by a drone assault, according to regional authorities.

Energy Repair Operations in the Capital

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

Energy had been recovered to in excess of 800,000 inhabitants by the weekend and the major power firm said the primary work to recover electricity was finished though partial blackouts persisted.

Anti-Aircraft Efforts and UAV Downings

The Ukrainian anti-aircraft systems intercepted or jammed 54 of seventy-eight UAVs from Russia deployed against the country in the dark hours, the military said on Saturday.

The Russian military authorities claimed it intercepted 42 UAVs from Ukraine over its own soil.

Cuban Government Denies Allegations of Sending Forces to the War

Cuba on Saturday denied American assertions it has deployed soldiers to participate in the hostilities, while affirming the government "are without exact data about Cuban nationals" participating "independently" or "as part of the armed units of both sides".

The government department in the capital announced twenty-six Cubans had been given prison terms to incarceration from five up to fourteen years for participating as mercenaries since last September when news circulated of Cuban nationals being deployed to the front in Ukraine.

Surrender Initiative Initiative Reveals Information on Cuban National Involvement

The program, a state program that encourages enemy combatants to surrender, said in May: "We reliably know the identities and information of one thousand and twenty-eight Cuban nationals who signed contracts with the Russian military in the past two years."

The Cuban foreign ministry said of those who might be involved: "Undeniably that not a single one have the encouragement, allegiance, or approval of the Cuban authorities for their actions."

Family members of Cuban nationals who traveled to the Russian Federation in the year reported to international media at the time that their loved ones had been misled into enlisting through advertisements on digital networks.