Axios reported on 29th that CIA director Ratcliffe, during a secret visit to Moscow earlier this week, proposed a trilateral summit between US President Trump, Russian President Putin and Ukrainian President Zelenskiy to push for an end to the Russia-Ukraine conflict. Sources said part of the visit was to assess whether the head of Russian intelligence could persuade Putin to return to a US-mediated peace track; US officials on Friday (28th) briefed Zelenskiy on the Moscow talks and the summit p

2026-08-30

Axios reported on 29th that CIA director Ratcliffe, during a secret visit to Moscow earlier this week, proposed a trilateral summit between US President Trump, Russian President Putin and Ukrainian President Zelenskiy to push for an end to the Russia-Ukraine conflict. Sources said part of the visit was to assess whether the head of Russian intelligence could persuade Putin to return to a US-mediated peace track; US officials on Friday (28th) briefed Zelenskiy on the Moscow talks and the summit proposal.