- CIA Director John Ratcliffe made a rare, secret trip to Moscow for talks with Russian intelligence; the Kremlin said Putin was informed but did not meet him.
- President Trump downplayed the visit as "sort of semi-routine."
- U.S. officials reportedly asked Ukraine to suspend strikes near Moscow and St. Petersburg while the delegation was in the capital.
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