U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are scheduled to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin Thursday to discuss ending the Ukraine war.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says that Russia has launched more than 300 drones and missiles in a nighttime attack on Ukraine's power grid

"The Russian people are increasingly feeling the effects of the Kremlin's continued prioritization of the Russian defense industrial base."

By Gleb Bryanski MOSCOW, Jan 20 (Reuters) - A Moscow court dismissed on Tuesday a motion by prosecutors to seize the assets of U.S. private equity fund NCH Capital in Russia, the Interfax news agency said,

Russia Foreign Ministry said in a statement the diplomat’s accreditation has been revoked and that the individual must now leave the country within two weeks. The U.K.’s charge d’affaires in Russia, Danae Dholakia, was summoned to the ministry's Moscow headquarters to receive the notice.

Steve Witkoff, President Trump’s special envoy, and Jared Kushner, the president’s son-in-law, were expected in Moscow as Mr. Witkoff expressed optimism over a plan to end Russia’s war in Ukraine.

A Moscow court has commenced proceedings in a significant lawsuit filed by Russia's central bank against Euroclear, the Brussels-based clearing house. The legal action seeks to recover a staggering 18.2 trillion rubles ($232 billion) in damages.