‘An Excellent Idea’: CIA Chief’s Kyiv Briefings Around Secret Moscow Talks Hailed
Former US Ambassador Daniel Fried called reported briefings to Kyiv before and after CIA Director John Ratcliffe’s secret Moscow talks an “excellent idea.”
Former CIA Director John Ratcliffe's secretive visit to Moscow this week has been hailed by Daniel Fried, a former senior US diplomat, as an "excellent idea" for keeping Kyiv informed on both ends of the trip. Ratcliffe met with Russian intelligence officials, while Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov confirmed the meetings without mentioning a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
President Volodymyr Zelensky thanked Washington for sharing information about the meetings and praised the "necessary tone" of the talks, emphasizing the need for Russia to end its war and create conditions for peace. The coordination between Washington and Kyiv helped reduce the risk of the Kremlin portraying Ratcliffe's visit as evidence of a separate US-Russian channel operating behind Ukraine's back.
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