# Kremlin briefing focuses on Ratcliffe’s Russia visit, Ukraine and Armenia

https://mins.news/en/item/32982

- TASS, 2026-08-26 11:03 UTC
- World
- Original: https://tass.com/politics/2177883

> Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Russian intelligence agencies had contacts with CIA Director John Ratcliffe, but Ratcliffe did not meet President Vladimir Putin. No presidential-level Moscow-Washington contacts are currently planned. Peskov said Ukraine is unequivocally losing the conflict and that turmoil inside the Kyiv regime is intensifying, while Russia hopes Armenia’s political processes follow the law and respect participants’ rights.

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