🇺🇸🇷🇺🇺🇸 — WSJ reports that the Central Intelligence Agency Director John Ratcliffe made a surprise visit to Moscow on Tuesday, U.S. officials said, his first publicly known trip to the Russian capital.
➡️ It came as the U.S. struggles to end Russia’s intervention of Ukraine and the Iran war, although the reason for the visit wasn’t immediately clear.
❗️ The U.S. has collected intelligence showing Russia’s early preparations for a possible military mobilization in Ukraine and plans for testing the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s resolve, The Wall Street Journal has reported.
➡️ The Financial Times reported that the Trump administration had asked Kyiv to pause its long-range strikes on major Russian cities during the course of the visit.
https://archive.is/I17mX
➡️ It came as the U.S. struggles to end Russia’s intervention of Ukraine and the Iran war, although the reason for the visit wasn’t immediately clear.
❗️ The U.S. has collected intelligence showing Russia’s early preparations for a possible military mobilization in Ukraine and plans for testing the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s resolve, The Wall Street Journal has reported.
➡️ The Financial Times reported that the Trump administration had asked Kyiv to pause its long-range strikes on major Russian cities during the course of the visit.
https://archive.is/I17mX