CIA Director John Ratcliffe flew to Moscow to meet with Russian intelligence officials, the Kremlin reportedly said Wednesday, after video emerged of a U.S.military transport plane coming in for a landing Tuesday at Vnukovo airport.President Donald Trump, when asked this morning about Ratcliffe’s visit on The Glenn Beck Program, said "he’s there on, you know, very sort of semi-routine.""We would like to see the war with Ukraine end," Trump added, before saying, "Now something may come out of it.We're working very hard to get that war ended and frankly they both want to see it ended at this point."Fox News Digital has reached out to the White House, the CIA and the U.S.
Embassy in Moscow for further comment.US MILITARY PLANE LANDS IN MOSCOW, WITH KREMLIN CLAIMING IT HAS NO INFORMATION: REPORTPresident Donald Trump shakes hands with CIA Director John Ratcliffe during a press conference in the James S.Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, D.C., on April 6, 2026.
(Reuters)Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Wednesday, according to Reuters, "All I can tell you is that there have been contacts via the security services.I can tell you that there have been no meetings with the Russian president."The news agency cited the Kremlin as saying Ratcliffe met with Russian intelligence officials."Naturally, President Putin is kept informed of everything without delay," Peskov also was quoted as saying.The last CIA director to visit Moscow was William Burns in November 2021, three months before Russia’s war against Ukraine started, Reuters reported.A senior Ukrainian official told The Associated Press that Washington informed Kyiv a delegation would be traveling to the Russian capital and asked it to suspend strikes until it left.PUTIN 'PANICKED' AS DEFIANT UKRAINE MARKS INDEPENDENCE DAY UNDER RUSSIAN BOMBARDMENTA U.S.
military transport plane approaches Moscow, Russia, on Wednesday, Aug.25, 2026, in this screen grab taken from a social media vide...