⚡️US asked Ukraine to refrain from striking Moscow during CIA chief’s visit, source says.
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CIA Director John Ratcliffe has arrived in Moscow for meetings, CBS News reports.
He reportedly traveled aboard a U.S. Air Force C-17. The purpose of the talks remains undisclosed.
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CIA Director John Ratcliffe arrived in Russia aboard a C-17 military aircraft to take part in meetings in Moscow today, CBS News correspondent Jennifer Jacobs reported in X, citing sources.
A US Boeing C-17 Globemaster III military transport aircraft, as revealed today by data from Flightradar24, flew from Riga to Moscow’s Vnukovo Airport this morning. It had arrived in the Latvian capital from the state of Maryland, home to an airbase where, amongst other aircraft, the US Air Force’s presidential aircraft are stationed.
Following reports of the US military aircraft’s arrival, a motorcade bearing the number plates of American diplomats was spotted on the streets of Moscow today. Dmitry Peskov had previously stated that the Kremlin had no information regarding the US military aircraft that had arrived at Vnukovo.
Representatives of the US Department of Defence, the White House, the US Embassy in Moscow and the Russian Embassy in Washington did not respond promptly to questions about the purpose of the flight, notes NBC.
If the CIA director has indeed flown to Moscow, this would be the first such visit since the start of the war in Ukraine. The previous one took place in November 2021. The then head of US intelligence, William Burns, made a secret visit to warn the Kremlin that the US was aware of Putin’s preparations for an invasion and to dissuade him from taking that step.
#USA #russiax.com/JenniferJJacobs/status…Boris Alexander Beissner (@boris_beissner)Early in the morning of 25 August, a US Air Force Boeing C-17 Globemaster III military transport aircraft with the registration RCH4555, which had flown in from Riga, landed at #Moscow’s Vnukovo Airport – #Flightradar24. #russia— https://x.com/boris_beissner/status/2092252958184423494
— @boris_beissner Aug 25, 2026
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The C-17 Globemaster aircraft transported CIA Director John Ratcliffe to Moscow for meetings with Russian officials.
#Russia #USA #CIA #JohnRatcliffe #MoscowDr Cliff Chined (@CliffChined)Motorcade with American license plates spotted in Moscow.
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A U.S. Air Force Boeing C-17A Globemaster III transport plane was spotted at a Moscow airport, along with a U.S. diplomatic motorcade, according to public reports.
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Putin says NATO is pushing us towards world war III by helping Ukriane secretly.
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ISLAMABAD, Aug 25 (Reuters) – Pakistan and Iran made “significant progress” in talks that focused on the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran and a path to peace, Pakistan’s interior minister said on Tuesday, at the end of a visit to Tehran.
Talks between the two sides focused on measures to prevent further escalation, reopening of the Strait of Hormuz and an expedited termination of the conflict, a statement from the Pakistani military said about the meeting between the country’s army chief, Asim Munir, and the Iranian leadership.
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The two sides also exchanged views on regional peace and the way to arrive at a negotiated settlement to the dispute, the statement said.
“The Iranian President candidly shared his government’s perspective and we had a very constructive exchange on the issues involved,” Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi, who accompanied Munir to Tehran, said in a post on X.
The White House and the State Department did not immediately respond to requests for comment made outside business hours.
Munir spoke with U.S. President Donald Trump ahead of his Tehran visit, Reuters reported on Monday.
Trump last week warned of economic consequences against any country that provided “any type of lifeline to Iran” as he seeks to isolate the country. Iran in turn vowed to shut down all oil exports from the Gulf.
Reporting by Rick Noack and Kanishka Singh, Writing by Hritam Mukherjee and Shilpa Jamkhandikar; Editing by Thomas Derpinghaus
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