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According to the Wall Street Journal, citing both U.S. and European officials briefed on the matter, U.S. President Donald J. Trump sent CIA Director John Ratcliffe personally to Russia to convey key messages and warnings, keeping even key administration officials and aides in the dark on the matter. Per the report Ratcliffe urged Russia to limit and/or end its ties with Iran, who the U.S. has step up up economic coercive measures against, assured his Russian counterparts of NATO’s commitments, and urged them to reenter, albeit far more seriously than they have in the past, peace talks to end the war with Ukraine.


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According to the Wall Street Journal, citing both U.S. and European officials briefed on the matter, U.S. President Donald J. Trump sent CIA Director John Ratcliffe personally to Russia to convey key messages and warnings, keeping even key administration officials and aides in the dark on the matter. Per the report Ratcliffe urged Russia to limit and/or end its ties with Iran, who the U.S. has step up up economic coercive measures against, assured his Russian counterparts of NATO’s commitments, and urged them to reenter, albeit far more seriously than they have in the past, peace talks to end the war with Ukraine.