The U.S. Asked Ukraine Not To Attack Moscow Due To The CIA Director's Visit

• 25.08.2026, 18:37

Today, John Ratcliffe arrived in the Russian capital for secret talks.

The United States has asked Ukraine to refrain from attacking Moscow at this time.

This was reported by Axios on Tuesday, August 25.

According to the publication, ahead of CIA Director John Ratcliffe’s visit to Moscow, the U.S. notified Ukraine of the high-level delegation’s trip and asked it to refrain from strikes until it concluded.

On August 25, it was reported that CIA Director John Ratcliffe had CIA Director John Ratcliffe had secretly arrived in Moscow to hold meetings in the Russian capital. According to Flightradar24, the plane arrived in Riga on August 23 from Camp Springs Air Force Base near Washington.

The last direct flight by a U.S.-registered aircraft from Europe to Russia took place back in January of this year—at that time, it carried special envoys Stephen Whitcoff and Jared Kushner to talks with Putin regarding the war in Ukraine.