Newest Refinery Assault Shows 'Absolutely No Protected Places in the Russian Distant Backlines'

Ukrainian UAVs have struck the Russian oil processing plant in Ufa, located approximately 1,400 kilometres from Ukraine, triggering explosions and a inferno, per a insider in Ukraine's intelligence agency.

This marks the 3rd intelligence far-reaching assault in Bashkortostan in the recent weeks. Those strikes illustrate that there are no protected areas in the deep rear of the Russian Federation.

Ukrainian President Urges Trump to Broker Peace in Ukraine

The Ukrainian leader called on the US President to mediate a ceasefire in the Ukrainian conflict during a call on the weekend.

"If a hostilities can be stopped in a particular zone, then undoubtedly other wars can be stopped as well, encompassing the Russian war," the President stated, commending the US President's "exceptional" Middle East peace initiative and urging the American leader to influence the Moscow into talks.

Moscow's Attacks Take Lives in Ukraine

Russian attacks on Ukrainian territory claimed the lives of five people on Saturday and disrupted electricity to parts of Ukraine's southern Odesa area, according to local sources.

Two people were killed in a church in Kostyantynivka when it was hit, according to regional officials.

In Russia's border region of the Belgorod region, a vehicle operator was killed by a Ukrainian strike, per local officials.

Electricity Recovery Efforts in the Capital

Operations proceeded on Saturday to repair energy infrastructure in the Ukrainian capital, after assaults.

Energy had been restored to more than 800,000 citizens by the weekend and the major utility provider announced the primary efforts to repair the grid was complete though partial blackouts persisted.

Air Defence Efforts and UAV Jamming

The Ukrainian anti-aircraft systems neutralized 54 out of 78 total Russian drones launched targeting the country in the dark hours, the air force announced on Saturday.

Russia's defense officials said it intercepted forty-two drones over the country's airspace.

Cuban Government Rejects Claims of Deploying Soldiers to Ukraine

Cuba on Saturday rejected US allegations it has provided military personnel to fight in the conflict in Ukraine, while stating officials in Havana "do not have precise details about individuals" engaged "independently" or "within the troops of the conflicting parties".

The ministry in Havana said 26 Cuban citizens had been sentenced to incarceration ranging from five to 14 years for mercenary involvement since the autumn of 2023 when reports emerged of Cuban nationals being dispatched to the battlefield in Ukraine.

I Want to Live Program Reveals Data on Cuban Recruitment

The program, a state project that urges adversaries to give up, said in May: "Our information indicates the names and personal details of over a thousand Cuban nationals who signed contracts with the Russian armed forces in the past two years."

The Cuban authorities commented of those who might be engaged: "Undeniably that no individual have the encouragement, dedication, or approval of the Cuban authorities for their actions."

Family members of Cuban nationals who departed to the Russian Federation in the year informed international media at the time that their loved ones had been misled into enlisting through ads on social media.