CIA Director Ratcliffe Travels to Moscow for Meetings
A U.S. military transport plane carried CIA Director John Ratcliffe to the Russian capital, officials say, as agencies decline to comment on the trip.
CIA Director John Ratcliffe is in Moscow, Russia, for meetings, according to multiple officials familiar with the matter.
A Boeing C-17A Globemaster III, a large U.S. military transport aircraft, was seen at a Moscow airport. The CIA, the Department of Defense and the Air Force all declined to comment on the visit.
Tracking data published by the flight-tracking website Flightradar24 showed that a U.S. military C-17 Globemaster III, flight number RCH4555, departed Tuesday morning from the Latvian capital, Riga. The flight landed at Vnukovo International Airport, one of four international airports serving the Russian capital, located southwest of the city center.
According to Flightradar24 data, the flight originated at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, an East Coast Air Force installation that also hosts Air Force One.
The C-17 Globemaster III is used for strategic and tactical airlift and airdrop missions, as well as aeromedical evacuations, according to the Air Force.
No further details about the purpose or attendees of Ratcliffe's meetings in Moscow were disclosed by U.S. officials. This is a developing story.
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