John Ratcliffe’s meeting this week with a Russian intelligence chief was aimed at pushing the Kremlin to pursue a peace deal with Ukraine.John Ratcliffe, the C.I.A. director, delivered an urgent message to Aleksandr V. Bortnikov, the head of Russia’s F.S.B. intelligence service this week in a secret
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From @WSJopinion: CIA Director John Ratcliffe landed in Moscow this week to warn Vladimir Putin not to attack countries in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Would Putin really risk a shooting war with the Western alliance?
on.wsj.com/3UiTjy0— @WSJ Aug 29, 2026
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Breaking News: A Russian strike on a weapons depot in a civilian area in Ukraine left 37 people dead, one of the most lethal attacks this year. nyti.ms/3SFK8qS
— @nytimes Aug 29, 2026
🚨 RUSSIA HAS TAKEN THE GLOVES OFF—AND KYIV IS EMPTYING
Russian sources claim more than 80% of Kyiv’s water and food-distribution infrastructure has been destroyed and warn this is only the beginning of their retaliation. Terrified residents are reportedly fleeing the capital in huge numbers.
Meanwhile, Zelenskyy’s government is forcibly mobilizing as many as 20,000 Ukrainians every month and sending them to the front to die, while the children of the wealthy allegedly buy their freedom and continue partying safely away from the battlefield.
Ukraine is being destroyed, its people are suffering and its leaders refuse to end this catastrophic war.
— @OCOCReport Aug 29, 2026
🚨 BREAKING:
Retired French Gen. Michel Yakovleff says that if NATO collapses over Trump’s push to annex Greenland, Europe would force US forces out of Europe.
“We won’t go to war with the US—we don’t have the means. We kick them out of Ramstein and Naples… You won’t have a single ship left in the Mediterranean. We’ll kick them out.
If NATO ends… it’s time to talk to lawyers and discuss divorce.” x.com/clashreport/status/200…
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— @GBC_Press Aug 29, 2026
🇷🇺🇺🇦 JUST IN: Russia preparing up to 600,000 troops for a potential new front in northern Ukraine
Initial reports claim Moscow is planning a massive mobilization of 500,000 to 600,000 soldiers for a possible offensive in Chernihiv Oblast.
If true, this would mark one of the most significant potential escalations of Russia’s war effort since the full scale invasion.
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— @Defence_Index Aug 29, 2026
How 35 CIA Spies Mysteriously Disappeared in Russia – YouTube youtube.com/watch?v=tp39h9rR…
— Michael Novakhov (@mikenov) Aug 29, 2026
SHOCKING LEAK! What the CIA Director actually told Putin in the Kremlin! – YouTube youtube.com/watch?v=6H_xk731…
— Michael Novakhov (@mikenov) Aug 29, 2026
JUST IN: 🇺🇦 Kyrylo Budanov, Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine says Ukraine will collapse if it doesn’t mobilize over 30,000 people per month:
“We cannot mobilize fewer than 30,000 men a month. This is the minimum number necessary to maintain what we currently have.”
— @Megatron_ron Aug 29, 2026