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U.S. President Donald Trump has commented for the first time on CIA Director John Ratcliffe’s August 25 trip to Moscow. “He’s there on … you know, very sort of semi-routine [business],” Trump said in an interview with radio host Glenn Beck. “I hate to disappoint people. We would like to see the war in Ukraine end.”

President Trump referred to CIA Director John Ratcliffe’s trip to Russia this week as “semi-routine” after the Kremlin confirmed Ratcliffe was in the country to meet intelligence officials.  “I hate to disappoint people,” Trump told conservative talks show host Glenn Beck on Wednesday.  “John Ratcliffe is a fantastic g

Ratcliffe's visit was the first known trip to Russia by a CIA director since William Burns visited in late 2021.

Donald Trump expressed hope that the spy chief’s unannounced visit to Russia could help end the war in Ukraine.

John Ratcliffe travelled to the Russian capital on Tuesday in a rare and unannounced visit.

The director of the CIA made a surprise visit to Moscow for talks with Russian officials, but both capitals remained tight-lipped on purpose of the trip.

THE head of the United States Central Intelligence Agency travelled to the Russian capital Moscow for unannounced talks, according to US media. Neither Washington or Moscow have confirmed the nature of the visit by CIA director John Ratcliffe or who he was due to meet. There has been no response for comment from Moscow

US President Donald Trump has said that CIA Director John Ratcliffe's visit to Moscow was "semi-routine", while implying that the intelligence chief was in the Russian capital to discuss the Ukraine war.

The Russian government said that spy chief John Ratcliffe held talks with counterparts, but not President Vladimir Putin, on his Moscow trip.

Ukraine resumed drone attacks on Moscow overnight into Wednesday morning, the city's Mayor Sergey Sobyanin said.

CIA chief John Ratcliffe ‘visits Moscow’  The Times

The director of the CIA took a secret trip to Russia amid fears of aggression towards NATO.

A U.S. military plane landed at an airport in Moscow, Russia, on Tuesday, and CIA Director John Ratcliffe was among those on board. Charlie D'Agata reports.

CIA Director John Ratcliffe reportedly made a surprise Moscow visit, but neither the US nor Russia confirmed it. Reports cite flight data and a US official.

CIA Director John Ratcliffe was in Moscow Tuesday for unannounced talks with the Kremlin, in the first such visit by a US spy chief since 2021.

CIA chief 'flies to Moscow for mystery talks with Russia'  lbc.co.uk

John Ratcliffe, director of the Central Intelligence Agency in the U.S., travelled to Moscow on Tuesday for meetings with Russian officials, U.S. media outlets reported, citing unnamed sources.

Washington reportedly alerted Ukraine to refrain from strikes until delegation leaves Moscow, US media reports.

U.S. Central Intelligence Agency Director John Ratcliffe visited Moscow on Tuesday for meetings, in what would be his first known visit to Russia as CIA head, U.S. media reported.

A US Air Force C-17 military transport plane landed in Moscow on Tuesday, Aug. 25 after flying from Riga, raising questions about the mission. CBS News later reported that CIA Director John Ratcliffe was in Moscow for alleged meetings with Russian authorities.

If confirmed, it would mark Ratcliffe’s first known trip to Russia since becoming CIA directorA US Air Force C-17 military transport aircraft landed at Moscow’s Vnukovo Airport on Tuesday, triggering speculation over who was aboard and why the aircraft had flown to Russia at a time when US-Russia contacts over the Ukra

The reported visit comes as Ukraine-Russia peace talks have stalled.

John Ratcliffe reportedly arrived in the Russian capital on Tuesday for meetings, in what appears to be his first visit to Russia as CIA director.

CIA director John Ratcliffe is visiting Moscow on Tuesday for talks with Russian officials, two U.S. officials said. Why it matters: This is Ratcliffe's first trip to Moscow since he took office and the highest-level visit by a Trump administration official to Russia since January. Ahead of Ratcliffe's trip, the U.S

CIA Director John Ratcliffe has traveled to Russia for meetings, according to people familiar with the matter, after the country’s state-run Tass news service reported a US military transport plane landed in Moscow on Tuesday.

The C-17 plane was spotted landing in Moscow shortly before CBS News reporter Jennifer Jacobs reported that CIA Director John Ratcliffe had traveled to Moscow aboard a C-17.