🚨 Ratcliffe may have flown to Moscow to personally warn Putin against attacking Europe
The purpose of the CIA director’s surprise visit has still not been officially disclosed. However, the WSJ notes that U.S. intelligence obtained information suggesting that Russia may be preparing for another mobilization and planning to test NATO’s resolve.
One former U.S. intelligence official suggested that Ratcliffe may have personally delivered a warning to Putin: “We know what you’re planning to do. Don’t.”
Ratcliffe spent around four hours in Moscow. The U.S. Air Force plane that brought him to the Russian capital has already departed Vnukovo.
The last time a CIA director visited Moscow was in 2021, when William Burns warned Putin against invading Ukraine.