Newest Refinery Strike Shows 'No Protected Places in Russia's Deep Rear'

Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles have hit the Russian Bashneft processing plant in the city of Ufa, situated some 1,400 km from Ukraine, causing blasts and a inferno, according to a source in the Ukrainian Security Service.

This marks the latest intelligence deep strike in the region in the recent weeks. Those attacks show that there are no protected areas in the deep rear of the Russian Federation.

Ukrainian President Appeals to Trump to Facilitate Ceasefire in Ukraine

President Zelenskyy urged Donald Trump to facilitate a truce in Ukraine over a call on Saturday.

"When a war can be stopped in a single area, then undoubtedly additional conflicts can be halted as well, covering the Russian war," Zelenskyy remarked, praising the US President's "exceptional" Middle East ceasefire plan and requesting the American leader to influence the Russian government into talks.

Russian Attacks Take Victims in Ukraine

Moscow's assaults on Ukraine claimed the lives of five people on the weekend and cut power to areas of Ukraine's south Odesa oblast, as stated by authorities in Ukraine.

Two people lost their lives within a religious building in Kostyantynivka when it was targeted, per regional officials.

In Russia's border region of the Belgorod region, a lorry operator was killed by a Ukrainian strike, as stated by municipal sources.

Electricity Repair Work in Kyiv

Operations carried on on Saturday to recover electricity in the Ukrainian capital, after strikes by Moscow.

Energy had been restored to more than 800,000 inhabitants by the weekend and the biggest utility provider said the key work to restore power was concluded though certain disruptions continued.

Anti-Aircraft Operations and Drone Jamming

The Ukrainian air defences intercepted or jammed fifty-four of 78 total Russian drones sent towards the country during the night, the air force reported on the weekend.

Russia's defense officials claimed it eliminated forty-two Ukrainian drones over its own soil.

Cuban Government Denies Claims of Sending Forces to the War

The Cuban government on the weekend rejected American allegations it has deployed military personnel to fight in the conflict in Ukraine, while declaring the government "do not have accurate information about Cuban nationals" involved "voluntarily" or "in the military forces of either party".

The ministry in Havana announced twenty-six Cubans had been convicted to jail sentences from five to 14 years for participating as mercenaries since last September when reports emerged of Cubans being dispatched to the front in the conflict.

I Want to Live Initiative Reports Details on Cuban National Enlistment

I Want to Live, a official Kyiv project that encourages enemy combatants to surrender, reported in May: "We reliably know the personal data of over a thousand individuals who enlisted with the Russian armed forces in the past two years."

The Cuban authorities said of those who might be involved: "Undeniably that no individual has the encouragement, allegiance, or authorization of the Cuban authorities for their activities."

Kin of Cuban nationals who left for Russia in the year informed news outlets at the time that their relatives had been tricked into joining through promotions on social media.