Media: CIA director has arrived in Moscow on secret visit

CBS News has reported, citing sources familiar with the matter, that CIA Director John Ratcliffe is in Moscow for meetings.

As reported by CBS News, a US Air Force Boeing C-17A Globemaster III transport plane and a US diplomatic motorcade were spotted at a Moscow airport.

Later, sources familiar with the matter said that Ratcliffe had arrived in Moscow, although there has been no official confirmation so far.

The last time a CIA director visited Russia in person was in November 2021, when William Burns travelled to Moscow to warn the Kremlin at the highest level that the US was aware of preparations for a large-scale invasion of Ukraine.

On 1 August, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced efforts in the coming weeks to explore the possibility of resuming peace talks between Ukraine and Russia.

There had been media reports speculating that US President Donald Trump's special envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner could visit Kyiv on Ukraine's Independence Day. However, this did not happen.