Latest Oil Plant Assault Reveals 'Absolutely No Secure Areas in Russia's Deep Rear'
Ukraine's UAVs have hit Russia's oil processing plant in the city of Ufa, located some 1,400 km from the Ukrainian border, causing explosions and a inferno, according to a insider in the Ukrainian SBU.
This marks the third Ukrainian security service deep strike in the region in the last month. These operations illustrate that there are no secure zones in the deep rear of the Russia.
Ukrainian President Urges Trump to Mediate Truce in Ukraine
Volodymyr Zelenskyy called on President Trump to facilitate a truce in Ukraine in a call on the weekend.
"If a hostilities can be stopped in a single area, then surely other wars can be halted as well, including the Russian aggression," the President said, praising Trump's "outstanding" Gaza ceasefire plan and requesting the President to compel the Moscow into negotiations.
Russian Strikes Kill Victims in Ukraine
Russian attacks on Ukraine killed at least several civilians on Saturday and caused blackouts to parts of Ukraine's south Odesa oblast, according to authorities in Ukraine.
A pair of individuals died inside a religious building in Kostyantynivka when it was hit, as reported by regional officials.
In Russia's border region of the Belgorod region, a vehicle operator was lost his life by a Ukrainian strike, per local officials.
Electricity Recovery Operations in Kyiv
Operations continued on Saturday to recover electricity in Kyiv, after strikes by Moscow.
Power had been restored to more than 800,000 inhabitants by the weekend and the major power firm said the primary work to repair the grid was finished though certain disruptions remained.
Anti-Aircraft Actions and UAV Jamming
The Ukrainian air defences downed or disrupted 54 out of 78 total Russian drones launched towards Ukraine overnight, the air force reported on Saturday.
Russia's military authorities said it shot down forty-two Ukrainian drones over Russian territory.
Cuban Government Rejects Claims of Sending Soldiers to Ukraine
Cuba on Saturday refuted American allegations it has deployed military personnel to participate in the hostilities, while stating officials in Havana "lack accurate details about citizens of Cuba" engaged "voluntarily" or "in the military forces of either party".
The foreign ministry in Havana said 26 Cuban citizens had been given prison terms to incarceration varying between five to 14 years for mercenary activity since September 2023 when reports circulated of individuals being dispatched to the battlefield in the conflict.
I Want to Live Program Reports Data on Cuban Enlistment
The program, a state project that urges opposing fighters to lay down arms, stated in May: "Our information indicates the identities and information of over a thousand Cuban nationals who signed contracts with the Russian armed forces in the past two years."
The government in Havana stated of Cubans who might be participating: "There is no doubt that no individual has the encouragement, commitment, or authorization of the government in Havana for their activities."
Family members of Cuban nationals who left for the Russian Federation in the year told Agence France-Presse at the time that their loved ones had been misled into enlisting through ads on social media.