Ratcliffe Floated Trump-Putin-Zelensky Summit in Moscow — SkimNews
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- CIA Director John Ratcliffe proposed a trilateral Trump-Putin-Zelensky summit during his covert trip to Moscow earlier this week, two sources briefed on the matter told Axios.
- The proposal was framed as an effort to end the Russia-Ukraine war, with Axios identifying it as an unprecedented diplomatic first.
Why it matters: A sitting CIA Director—not a diplomat or special envoy—personally floating a three-way sit-down in Moscow signals the Trump administration is using intelligence back-channels to test Putin's appetite for direct talks with Zelensky before any formal announcement. The unusual messenger raises the stakes if the overture collapses.
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