Trump-Putin-Zelenskyy summit floated in secret Moscow talks: Report

President Donald Trump waves after arriving off Air Force One, Friday, Aug. 28, 2026, at Joint Base Andrews, Md. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)CIA Director John Ratcliffe proposed a trilateral meeting between US President Donald Trump, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky during his covert trip to Moscow this week, in a bid to revive efforts to end the Russia-Ukraine war, Axios reported, citing two people briefed on the matter.Ratcliffe's visit marked his first personal involvement in the Trump administration's diplomatic push to break the deadlock between Russia and Ukraine. He met Russian intelligence chiefs Sergey Naryshkin, head of the SVR foreign intelligence service, and FSB Director Alexander Bortnikov during his trip on Tuesday.According to the