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Ukrainian UAVs have struck the Russian oil processing plant in Ufa, positioned some 1,400 km from the Ukrainian border, resulting in detonations and a inferno, as reported by a informed individual in Ukraine's Security Service.

This represents the latest Ukrainian security service deep strike in Bashkortostan in the recent weeks. Such operations show that there are no protected areas in the distant backlines of the Russia.

Zelenskyy Urges US President to Broker Truce in Ukraine

Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged the US President to broker peace in Ukraine in a phone call on the weekend.

"Provided that a hostilities can be stopped in a single area, then certainly additional conflicts can be halted as well, including the Russian aggression," he said, commending the US President's "exceptional" Middle East peace initiative and requesting the US president to pressure the Russian government into talks.

Moscow's Strikes Take Victims in Ukraine

Strikes by Russia on Ukrainian territory resulted in the deaths of 5 individuals on the weekend and disrupted electricity to parts of the south Odesa area, per Ukrainian officials.

Two people lost their lives in a religious building in Kostyantynivka when it was targeted, per local authorities.

In the Russian adjacent territory of Belgorod, a vehicle operator was lost his life by a drone assault, according to municipal sources.

Electricity Restoration Efforts in the Capital

Operations proceeded on the weekend to repair energy infrastructure in Kyiv, after assaults.

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

Anti-Aircraft Efforts and Drone Jamming

The Ukrainian defense forces neutralized 54 out of 78 total enemy drones deployed towards the country in the dark hours, the air force announced on the weekend.

The Russian military authorities said it eliminated 42 Ukrainian drones over the country's airspace.

Cuban Government Rejects Allegations of Providing Soldiers to the War

Havana on the weekend denied US assertions it has deployed military personnel to engage in the conflict in Ukraine, while declaring Cuban authorities "lack precise data about Cuban nationals" engaged "voluntarily" or "in the military forces of the conflicting parties".

The ministry in the capital stated 26 nationals had been given prison terms to jail sentences varying between 5 to 14 years for mercenary activity since September 2023 when news emerged of Cubans being sent to the battlefield in the conflict.

Surrender Initiative Initiative Discloses Information on Cuban National Enlistment

The surrender initiative, a Ukrainian government initiative that encourages opposing fighters to give up, said in spring: "Our information indicates the personal data of 1,028 individuals who enlisted with the Moscow's troops in recently."

The government in Havana commented of Cubans who might be engaged: "Undeniably that none of them have the support, allegiance, or authorization of the government in Havana for their involvement."

Family members of individuals who departed to the Russian Federation in 2023 reported to news outlets at the time that their family members had been tricked into joining through advertisements on digital networks.