Ratcliffe floated Trump-Putin-Zelensky summit in Moscow
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- CIA Director John Ratcliffe proposed a trilateral meeting between Trump, Putin, and Zelensky during a covert trip to Moscow earlier this week, according to two sources briefed on the matter.
- The proposal is aimed at ending the war between Russia and Ukraine, per the sources who spoke to Axios.
Why it matters: The proposal puts the CIA director — not a State Department envoy or named negotiator — at the center of a potential Trump-Putin-Zelensky summit, an unusual channel for war-ending diplomacy. Two sources briefed on the Moscow talks spoke to Axios, signaling backchannel activity but no confirmed meeting date.
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