# Washington Post: Ratcliffe secretly visited Moscow to warn Russia against exploiting perceived U.S. weakness

https://mins.news/en/item/36402

- Meduza, 2026-08-29 03:28 UTC
- World
- Original: https://meduza.io/en/feature/2026/08/29/washington-post-ratcliffe-secretly-visited-moscow-to-warn-russia-not-to-exploit-perceived-u-s-weakness-from-the-iran-war-saying-escalation-in-ukraine-would-push-trump-toward-zelensky

> CIA Director John Ratcliffe secretly traveled to Moscow on August 25, according to The Washington Post. Sources said he sought to convey that the Iran war had not left the United States too exhausted to act in Ukraine, warning that a major escalation there would only push President Trump toward Volodymyr Zelensky.

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