Catherine Belton

@catherinebelton · Twitter · 2026-09-04 13:50 UTC

After the meetings, Ratcliffe felt he had delivered the message “but not moved the needle,” a person familiar with the matter said. Russia viewed the visit as “an attempt to convince Putin to stop, but Putin read it as weakness." w/@gregpmiller @wstrobel https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/09/04/after-cia-director-visit-moscow-putin-escalates-ukraine-strikes/