Sergei Adonyev, who is accused of acting as financier for Putin, is listed as living at a rental luxury property in Herzliya

No reason given for dismissal of assistant secretary of the Russian Security Council Aleksey Pavlov, but reports noted his controversial statement

Spymaster also meets with other Ukrainian officials, while US gears up to deliver $2.5 billion in aid, including first Stryker armored vehicles

In latest controversial remarks on Holocaust, Moscow's top diplomat claims US and Europe trying to wipe out Russia by waging war via Ukraine; Israel calls comments 'unacceptable'

Moscow says shelling in Kramatorsk was revenge for New Year's Eve missile strike that killed at least 89 Russian soldiers, but Kyiv rubbishes claim

Kremlin says 1,300 soldiers stationed in 2 buildings were targeted as revenge for Kyiv's deadly New Year's attack on Makiiva barracks

Despite Putin declaring 36-hour ceasefire for religious festival, heavy artillery fire reported along frontlines; Russia says it 'repelled attacks' during period

No explosions heard in capital and reports of sporadic fighting elsewhere in Ukraine are unconfirmed, but Ukraine has scoffed at ceasefire declared by Putin for Orthodox Christmas

Mykhailo Podolyak tells Israeli TV that returning PM ‘understands precisely what modern wars are,’ as well as the ‘essence of mediation’

The order for the weekend follows a proposal by the head of the Russian Church, dismissed by an official in the Ukrainian presidential office as propaganda