🔗 Share this article Newest Oil Plant Assault Demonstrates 'No Protected Areas in Russia's Distant Backlines' Ukraine's unmanned aerial vehicles have struck Russia's oil facility in the city of Ufa, positioned some 1,400 km from the Ukrainian border, causing detonations and a fire, as reported by a source in Ukraine's intelligence agency. This marks the 3rd Ukrainian security service long-range attack in the region in the past month. Those strikes illustrate that there are no protected areas in the deep rear of the Russian Federation. Ukrainian President Calls On US President to Mediate Ceasefire in Ukraine President Zelenskyy appealed to Donald Trump to facilitate a truce in Ukraine over a call on the weekend. "Provided that a conflict can be ended in a particular zone, then certainly further hostilities can be stopped as well, including the conflict with Russia," Zelenskyy said, hailing Trump's "outstanding" Gaza truce proposal and urging the US president to influence the Moscow into negotiations. Russian Attacks Claim Victims in Ukraine Moscow's assaults on Ukraine resulted in the deaths of five people on the weekend and disrupted electricity to sections of the south Odesa oblast, according to local sources. A pair of individuals were killed in a place of worship in the town when it was hit, per municipal sources. In the Russian adjacent territory of Belgorod, a truck driver was lost his life by a Ukrainian strike, according to municipal sources. Electricity Restoration Operations in Kyiv Operations proceeded on the weekend to restore power in Kyiv, after Russian attacks. Energy had been recovered to in excess of 800,000 citizens by the weekend and the biggest utility provider said the key operations to restore power was concluded though some outages continued. Anti-Aircraft Actions and Drone Jamming Ukraine's defense forces downed or disrupted 54 out of seventy-eight UAVs from Russia deployed towards Ukraine in the dark hours, the air force said on the weekend. The Russian defense officials said it eliminated forty-two drones over its own soil. Cuba Denies Allegations of Providing Soldiers to Ukraine Cuba on Saturday refuted American allegations it has deployed military personnel to engage in the hostilities, while stating the government "lack exact details about individuals" participating "on their own" or "within the troops of either party". The ministry in the capital said 26 Cubans had been convicted to incarceration ranging from five up to fourteen years for mercenary activity since the autumn of 2023 when information emerged of Cubans being deployed to the front in Ukraine. Surrender Initiative Project Reports Details on Cuban Involvement The program, a official Kyiv initiative that urges adversaries to lay down arms, said in spring: "We have confirmed the identities and information of over a thousand Cuban nationals who enlisted with the Moscow's troops in 2023-2024." The Cuban foreign ministry said of Cuban nationals who might be involved: "Undeniably that not a single one has the encouragement, commitment, or approval of the Cuban state for their activities." Relatives of Cubans who left for Russia in the year informed news outlets at the time that their family members had been deceptively recruited through ads on social media.