Latest Refinery Strike Shows 'No Secure Areas in Russia's Far Hinterland'

Ukraine's unmanned aerial vehicles have hit the Russian oil facility in the city of Ufa, located around 1,400 km from the Ukrainian border, triggering explosions and a inferno, according to a informed individual in Ukraine's SBU.

This marks the 3rd SBU long-range attack in the region in the last month. Those attacks illustrate that there are no safe places in the distant backlines of the Russian state.

Zelenskyy Appeals to US President to Broker Peace in Ukraine

The Ukrainian leader called on the US President to mediate a ceasefire in Ukraine in a call on Saturday.

"If a conflict can be halted in one region, then certainly further hostilities can be ended as well, encompassing the Russian war," the President stated, praising the US President's "exceptional" Gaza peace initiative and calling for the American leader to compel the Russian government into discussions.

Moscow's Assaults Kill Casualties in the Country

Moscow's assaults on Ukrainian territory claimed the lives of five people on Saturday and disrupted electricity to areas of the south Odesa area, according to authorities in Ukraine.

A pair of individuals lost their lives within a church in Kostyantynivka when it was hit, according to regional officials.

In the Russian border region of the Belgorod region, a truck driver was killed by a Ukrainian strike, as stated by local officials.

Electricity Repair Operations in Kyiv

Operations carried on on the weekend to repair energy infrastructure in Kyiv, after Russian attacks.

Electricity had been recovered to more than 800,000 inhabitants by the weekend and the largest utility provider announced the primary efforts to restore power was finished though partial blackouts persisted.

Anti-Aircraft Efforts and Drone Downings

Ukraine's air defences intercepted or jammed fifty-four of 78 total UAVs from Russia sent targeting Ukraine during the night, the military announced on Saturday.

Russia's defence ministry stated it eliminated forty-two UAVs from Ukraine over its own soil.

Cuba Denies Claims of Providing Forces to the War

Cuba on Saturday denied American claims it has provided military personnel to fight in the conflict in Ukraine, while declaring Cuban authorities "are without accurate information about citizens of Cuba" involved "independently" or "as part of the armed units of the conflicting parties".

The foreign ministry in the capital announced 26 Cubans had been given prison terms to prison terms varying between five to 14 years for mercenary activity since September 2023 when information emerged of Cubans being dispatched to the frontlines in the conflict.

I Want to Live Program Reports Information on Cuban Involvement

The surrender initiative, a Ukrainian government program that urges adversaries to lay down arms, said in May: "We reliably know the personal data of 1,028 individuals who enlisted with the Russian armed forces in the past two years."

The government in Havana stated of Cubans who might be engaged: "Undeniably that none of them possesses the encouragement, allegiance, or authorization of the Cuban state for their activities."

Kin of Cubans who traveled to the Russian Federation in the year reported to Agence France-Presse at the time that their family members had been misled into enlisting through advertisements on online platforms.