Trump: CIA director was on 'semi-routine' Moscow mission
US President Donald Trump has said that CIA Director John Ratcliffe's visit to Moscow was "semi-routine", while implying that the intelligence chief was in the Russian capital to discuss the Ukraine war.
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US President Donald Trump has said that CIA Director John Ratcliffe's visit to Moscow was "semi-routine", while implying that the intelligence chief was in the Russian capital to discuss the Ukraine war.
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Trump: CIA director was on 'semi-routine' Moscow mission
US President Donald Trump has said that CIA Director John Ratcliffe's visit to Moscow was "semi-routine", while implying that the intelligence chief was in the Russian capital to discuss the Ukraine war.
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CIA director was on 'semi-routine' Moscow mission: Trump
US President Donald Trump has said that CIA Director John Ratcliffe's visit to Moscow was "semi-routine", while implying that the intelligence chief was in the Russian capital to discuss the Ukraine war.
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Ukraine gives Musk state honour, CIA chief visited Moscow
President Volodymyr Zelensky has bestowed one of Ukraine's top state honours on SpaceX owner Elon Musk as Kyiv seeks to expand use of the company's Starlink terminals, which provide battlefield communications for Ukrainian forces.
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