Latest Oil Plant Assault Demonstrates 'No Protected Areas in Russia's Deep Rear'

Ukrainian UAVs have targeted the Russian oil processing plant in Ufa, positioned around 1,400 kilometers from the Ukrainian border, causing blasts and a inferno, according to a source in the Ukrainian intelligence agency.

This represents the third SBU far-reaching assault in the region in the last month. These attacks show that there are no protected areas in the distant backlines of the Russia.

Ukrainian President Calls On US President to Broker Peace in Ukraine

Volodymyr Zelenskyy appealed to President Trump to facilitate a truce in the Ukrainian conflict in a call on the weekend.

"If a war can be stopped in one region, then undoubtedly other wars can be ended as well, including the Russian aggression," the President stated, hailing the US President's "remarkable" Gaza ceasefire plan and calling for the President to compel the Kremlin into discussions.

Russian Attacks Take Casualties in Ukraine

Moscow's assaults on Ukraine claimed the lives of five people on Saturday and cut power to sections of Ukraine's southern Odesa region, per local sources.

Two people lost their lives inside a church in Kostyantynivka when it was targeted, according to regional officials.

In Russia's border region of the Belgorod region, a lorry operator was fatally wounded by a Ukrainian strike, according to regional authorities.

Energy Repair Operations in the Capital

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

Electricity had been returned to more than 800,000 residents by Saturday and the major private energy company announced the main operations to recover electricity was complete though certain disruptions persisted.

Anti-Aircraft Actions and Drone Interceptions

Ukraine's air defences neutralized fifty-four of seventy-eight UAVs from Russia sent against the country in the dark hours, the aerial defense command announced on Saturday.

Russia's defense officials claimed it shot down forty-two drones over Russian territory.

Cuba Refutes Allegations of Sending Forces to Ukraine

The Cuban government on Saturday denied American allegations it has deployed soldiers to engage in the hostilities, while affirming officials in Havana "do not have exact details about citizens of Cuba" engaged "independently" or "within the troops of the conflicting parties".

The foreign ministry in the capital said 26 Cuban citizens had been sentenced to jail sentences ranging from five to 14 years for mercenary activity since September 2023 when reports circulated of Cubans being sent to the frontlines in the conflict.

I Want to Live Project Reports Information on Cuban National Involvement

The program, a Ukrainian government program that urges opposing fighters to lay down arms, stated in May: "Our information indicates the personal data of one thousand and twenty-eight Cubans who enlisted with the Moscow's troops in recently."

The government in Havana commented of those who might be participating: "It is irrefutable that not a single one has the encouragement, dedication, or consent of the government in Havana for their activities."

Family members of Cubans who traveled to the Russian Federation in the year reported to international media at the time that their family members had been misled into enlisting through advertisements on digital networks.