🔗 Share this article

Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles have struck Russia's Bashneft facility in Ufa, located around 1,400 kilometers from Ukraine, triggering blasts and a inferno, according to a source in the Ukrainian Security Service.

This marks the latest SBU long-range attack in Bashkortostan in the last month. Those operations illustrate that there are no protected areas in the distant backlines of the Russia.

Ukrainian President Urges US President to Broker Peace in the Conflict

Volodymyr Zelenskyy appealed to Donald Trump to broker peace in Ukraine over a phone call on the weekend.

"When a conflict can be stopped in a single area, then certainly further hostilities can be ended as well, encompassing the Russian aggression," Zelenskyy stated, praising Trump's "remarkable" Middle East peace initiative and calling for the President to pressure the Moscow into negotiations.

Russian Assaults Claim Lives in Ukraine

Strikes by Russia on Ukraine killed at least 5 individuals on Saturday and caused blackouts to areas of the southern Odesa region, as stated by Ukrainian officials.

A pair of individuals died within a religious building in the town when it was hit, according to municipal sources.

In the Russian adjacent territory of the Belgorod region, a truck driver was lost his life by a attack from Ukraine, as stated by municipal sources.

Power Repair Work in Kyiv

Work proceeded on Saturday to restore power in Kyiv, after strikes by Moscow.

Electricity had been returned to over 800,000 residents by the weekend and the major private energy company announced the primary work to restore power was complete though partial blackouts remained.

Anti-Aircraft Efforts and Drone Downings

The Ukrainian air defences neutralized 54 out of 78 UAVs from Russia deployed targeting the country in the dark hours, the air force said on the weekend.

The Russian defence ministry said it eliminated 42 UAVs from Ukraine over the country's airspace.

Cuba Rejects Claims of Deploying Forces to the War

Cuba on Saturday denied US allegations it has provided soldiers to fight in the Ukraine war, while stating officials in Havana "do not have precise data about individuals" participating "on their own" or "as part of the armed units of both sides".

The foreign ministry in Havana said twenty-six Cuban citizens had been sentenced to prison terms from 5 to 14 years for participating as mercenaries since last September when news emerged of Cubans being dispatched to the battlefield in Ukraine.

Surrender Initiative Program Discloses Data on Cuban National Enlistment

The program, a Ukrainian government program that promotes adversaries to give up, reported in May: "Our information indicates the names and personal details of one thousand and twenty-eight individuals who entered into agreements with the Russian military in the past two years."

The Cuban foreign ministry commented of Cuban nationals who might be participating: "Undeniably that no individual have the encouragement, commitment, or approval of the Cuban authorities for their actions."

Kin of individuals who traveled to Russia in the year reported to news outlets at the time that their loved ones had been misled into enlisting through promotions on digital networks.