Newest Refinery Attack Reveals 'No Safe Locations in the Russian Deep Rear'
Ukrainian drones have targeted Russia's oil processing plant in Ufa, positioned around 1,400 kilometres from the Ukrainian border, resulting in detonations and a inferno, per a informed individual in Ukraine's intelligence agency.
This represents the latest SBU long-range attack in the region in the last month. Such operations show that there are no secure zones in the distant backlines of the Russia.
Zelenskyy Calls On Trump to Broker Ceasefire in Ukraine
President Zelenskyy urged the US President to facilitate a truce in the Ukrainian conflict in a phone call on the weekend.
"Provided that a war can be stopped in one region, then certainly further hostilities can be ended as well, covering the Russian war," the President said, praising the US President's "outstanding" Middle East ceasefire plan and calling for the American leader to pressure the Moscow into talks.
Russian Attacks Claim Victims in the Country
Strikes by Russia on Ukraine killed at least 5 individuals on the weekend and caused blackouts to parts of the southern Odesa oblast, per Ukrainian officials.
Two civilians lost their lives in a place of worship in Kostyantynivka when it was struck, according to local authorities.
In Russia's frontier area of Belgorod, a lorry operator was lost his life by a attack from Ukraine, according to regional authorities.
Electricity Repair Efforts in Kyiv
Operations carried on on Saturday to repair energy infrastructure in Kyiv, after strikes by Moscow.
Power had been restored to more than 800,000 residents by Saturday and the major utility provider announced the key work to repair the grid was complete though partial blackouts continued.
Air Defence Actions and Drone Jamming
The Ukrainian defense forces downed or disrupted 54 of 78 total UAVs from Russia deployed towards the country during the night, the military reported on Saturday.
The Russian defence ministry stated it intercepted forty-two drones over its own soil.
Cuban Government Rejects Allegations of Sending Forces to Ukraine
The Cuban government on the weekend refuted American assertions it has deployed soldiers to fight in the Ukraine war, while declaring Cuban authorities "lack exact data about citizens of Cuba" participating "independently" or "in the military forces of the conflicting parties".
The ministry in the capital said 26 Cuban citizens had been sentenced to incarceration varying between 5 to 14 years for mercenary involvement since the autumn of 2023 when reports circulated of Cuban nationals being deployed to the frontlines in Ukraine.
Surrender Initiative Project Reveals Data on Cuban National Enlistment
The program, a state initiative that urges enemy combatants to give up, reported in spring: "Our information indicates the identities and information of over a thousand Cubans who signed contracts with the Moscow's troops in 2023-2024."
The Cuban foreign ministry stated of those who might be engaged: "Undeniably that none of them possesses the backing, dedication, or approval of the Cuban state for their activities."
Kin of individuals who traveled to Russia in 2023 told Agence France-Presse at the time that their relatives had been tricked into joining through ads on online platforms.