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Russia Launches Massive Air Attack on Kyiv

A local views the destruction following a Russian missile strike in a village outside of Kyiv, 18 August 2024 amid the Russian invasion. EPA/SERGEY DOLZHENKO 60404
A local views the destruction following a Russian missile strike in a village outside of Kyiv, 18 August 2024 amid the Russian invasion. EPA/SERGEY DOLZHENKO 60404
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Russia Launches Massive Air Attack on Kyiv

A local views the destruction following a Russian missile strike in a village outside of Kyiv, 18 August 2024 amid the Russian invasion. EPA/SERGEY DOLZHENKO 60404
A local views the destruction following a Russian missile strike in a village outside of Kyiv, 18 August 2024 amid the Russian invasion. EPA/SERGEY DOLZHENKO 60404

All of Ukraine was under fresh air raid alerts during Monday's morning rush hour amid a threat of a massive Russian missile and drone attack, Ukraine's military said, following several waves of overnight drone attacks.
Ukraine's air force said it recorded the launch of several missiles targeting the country and tens of drones that threatened all of Ukraine. By 0500 GMT there were no reports of explosions, however.
Russia launched two waves of drone attacks earlier on Monday, Ukraine's military said, with initial information showing no damage or casualties, reported Reuters.
Up to 10 drones were destroyed on their approach to the city in the region around Kyiv at about 0230 GMT, Serhiy Popko, head of Kyiv's military administration, said on the Telegram messaging app.
Reuters' witnesses heard several blasts earlier in what sounded like air defense systems engaged in repelling an air attack.
There was no immediate comment from Russia. Both Russia and Ukraine deny targeting civilians. Each says its attacks are aimed at destroying infrastructure key to the other's war effort.

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Russian Strikes on Ukrainian Energy and Port Facilities Kill 6

Firefighters work at the site of a Russian drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Odesa, Ukraine in this handout picture released February 13, 2026. Press service of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine in Odesa region/Handout via REUTERS
Firefighters work at the site of a Russian drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Odesa, Ukraine in this handout picture released February 13, 2026. Press service of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine in Odesa region/Handout via REUTERS
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Russian Strikes on Ukrainian Energy and Port Facilities Kill 6

Firefighters work at the site of a Russian drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Odesa, Ukraine in this handout picture released February 13, 2026. Press service of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine in Odesa region/Handout via REUTERS
Firefighters work at the site of a Russian drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Odesa, Ukraine in this handout picture released February 13, 2026. Press service of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine in Odesa region/Handout via REUTERS

Six people died in Russian strikes across Ukraine overnight that targeted the southern port city of Odesa and energy infrastructure, officials announced on Friday.

Moscow has stepped up its attacks on Ukrainian critical infrastructure in recent weeks despite pressure by the United States to reach a peace deal with Kyiv.

Russia launched one missile and 154 drones overnight, the Ukrainian air force said, warning that some unmanned aerial vehicles were still in Ukrainian airspace as of Friday morning.

Three men and one boy were killed late on Thursday evening in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk, AFP quoted local authorities as saying.

Russian forces have been pushing towards the industrial hub -- one of the last remaining civilian centers under Ukrainian control in the Donetsk region.

Ukraine's rights ombudsman said the victims included 19-year-old twins and their eight-year-old brother.

"We are establishing the final consequences of Russian terror," the head of the city's military administration Oleksandr Goncharenko, wrote on social media.

In the Zaporizhzhia region, which the Kremlin claims is part of Russia along with Donetsk, a 48-year-old man was killed in a drone attack, the emergency services said.

The worst damage was reported in the Odesa region, where authorities said one person died in a Russian strike on port infrastructure.

DTEK, Ukraine's largest private energy company, said the attack had inflicted "extremely serious" damage to its energy facilities there.

"It will take a long time to repair the equipment and restore it to working order," the company said.

Some 300,000 people in the Black Sea city had been left without water following overnight attacks a day earlier.

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Trump to Meet Elite Troops Who Captured Venezuela's Maduro

FILE PHOTO: A photograph posted by US President Donald Trump on his Truth Social account shows him standing near CIA Director John Ratcliffe as they watch the US military operation in Venezuela from Trump's Mar a Lago resort, in Palm Beach, Florida, US, January 3, 2026. @realDonaldTrump/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: A photograph posted by US President Donald Trump on his Truth Social account shows him standing near CIA Director John Ratcliffe as they watch the US military operation in Venezuela from Trump's Mar a Lago resort, in Palm Beach, Florida, US, January 3, 2026. @realDonaldTrump/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
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Trump to Meet Elite Troops Who Captured Venezuela's Maduro

FILE PHOTO: A photograph posted by US President Donald Trump on his Truth Social account shows him standing near CIA Director John Ratcliffe as they watch the US military operation in Venezuela from Trump's Mar a Lago resort, in Palm Beach, Florida, US, January 3, 2026. @realDonaldTrump/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: A photograph posted by US President Donald Trump on his Truth Social account shows him standing near CIA Director John Ratcliffe as they watch the US military operation in Venezuela from Trump's Mar a Lago resort, in Palm Beach, Florida, US, January 3, 2026. @realDonaldTrump/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo

US President Donald Trump will meet on Friday with the special forces soldiers who captured Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro in a deadly raid in Caracas in January.

First Lady Melania Trump will accompany her husband for the trip to greet the troops at the Fort Bragg military base in North Carolina, the White House said.

The stunning operation saw US forces swoop in by helicopter under cover of darkness and seize Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores from a highly secured compound in the Venezuelan capital on January 3, reported AFP.

Eighty-three people were killed and more than 112 people were injured in the assault, which began with US bombing raids on Venezuelan military targets, Venezuelan officials said.

No US service members were killed.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said Trump and the first lady would "meet with military families and the heroic members of our special forces who carried out the successful 'Operation Absolute Resolve' in Venezuela and helped bring narco-terrorist Nicolas Maduro to justice."

Maduro is currently in detention in the United States facing charges of drug trafficking and other crimes, to which he has pleaded not guilty. His next court hearing is scheduled for March 17 in New York.

Trump approved former vice president Delcy Rodriguez to replace her deposed boss Maduro on the condition that she comply with his demands on access to oil and on easing state repression.

The US president has repeatedly hailed the Maduro operation as an example of his country's military might as he asserts Washington's right to dominate its backyard.

In a rally in Iowa in January, Trump hailed the "spectacular" operation by a "group of unbelievable talented patriotic people that love our country. You couldn't hold them back."

Trump has also spoken about a secret weapon he dubbed the "discombobulator" that was used to disable Venezuelan equipment -- and potentially personnel.

"I'm not allowed to talk about it," Trump said in an interview last week with NBC News. "But let me just tell you, you know what it does? None of their equipment works, that's what it does.

"Everything was discombobulated."

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Goldman Sachs' Top Lawyer Kathy Ruemmler Resigns after Emails Show Close Ties to Jeffrey Epstein

FILE - White House counsel Kathryn Ruemmler listens as President Barack Obama speaks at an installation ceremony for FBI Director James Comey at FBI Headquarters, in Washington, Oct. 28, 2013. Charles Dharapak/AP
FILE - White House counsel Kathryn Ruemmler listens as President Barack Obama speaks at an installation ceremony for FBI Director James Comey at FBI Headquarters, in Washington, Oct. 28, 2013. Charles Dharapak/AP
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Goldman Sachs' Top Lawyer Kathy Ruemmler Resigns after Emails Show Close Ties to Jeffrey Epstein

FILE - White House counsel Kathryn Ruemmler listens as President Barack Obama speaks at an installation ceremony for FBI Director James Comey at FBI Headquarters, in Washington, Oct. 28, 2013. Charles Dharapak/AP
FILE - White House counsel Kathryn Ruemmler listens as President Barack Obama speaks at an installation ceremony for FBI Director James Comey at FBI Headquarters, in Washington, Oct. 28, 2013. Charles Dharapak/AP

Kathy Ruemmler, the top lawyer at storied investment bank Goldman Sachs and former White House counsel to President Barack Obama, announced her resignation Thursday, after emails between her and Jeffrey Epstein showed a close relationship where she described him as an “older brother” and downplayed his sex crimes.

Ruemmler said in a statement that she would "step down as Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel of Goldman Sachs as of June 30, 2026.”

Up until her resignation, Ruemmler repeatedly tried to distance herself from the emails and other correspondence and had been defiant that she would not resign from Goldman’s top legal post, which she had held since 2020, The Associated Press said.

While Ruemmler has called Epstein a “monster” in recent statements, she had a much different relationship with Epstein before he was arrested a second time for sex crimes in 2019 and later killed himself in a Manhattan jail. Ruemmler called Epstein “Uncle Jeffrey” in emails and said she adored him.

In a statement before her resignation, a Goldman Sachs spokesperson said Ruemmler “regrets ever knowing him.”

In her statement Thursday, Ruemmler said: “Since I joined Goldman Sachs six years ago, it has been my privilege to help oversee the firm’s legal, reputational, and regulatory matters; to enhance our strong risk management processes; and to ensure that we live by our core value of integrity in everything we do. My responsibility is to put Goldman Sachs’ interests first."

Goldman CEO David Solomonsaid in a separate statement: "As one of the most accomplished professionals in her field, Kathy has also been a mentor and friend to many of our people, and she will be missed. I accepted her resignation, and I respect her decision.”

During her time in private practice after she left the White House in 2014, Ruemmler received several expensive gifts from Epstein, including luxury handbags and a fur coat. The gifts were given after Epstein had already been convicted of sex crimes in 2008 and was registered as a sex offender.

“So lovely and thoughtful! Thank you to Uncle Jeffrey!!!” Ruemmler wrote to Epstein in 2018.

Historically, Wall Street frowns on gift-giving between clients and bankers or Wall Street lawyers, particularly high-end gifts that could pose a conflict of interest. Goldman Sachs requires its employees to get preapproval before receiving or giving gifts from clients, according to the company’s code of conduct, partly in order to not run afoul of anti-bribery laws.

As late as December, Goldman CEO David Solomon described Ruemmler as an “excellent lawyer” and said she had his full faith and backing.