{"id":373894,"date":"2026-08-28T16:00:05","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T15:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/cia-director-told-russia-to-deal-with-ukraine-on-secret-moscow-trip\/"},"modified":"2026-08-28T16:00:05","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T15:00:05","slug":"cia-director-told-russia-to-deal-with-ukraine-on-secret-moscow-trip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/cia-director-told-russia-to-deal-with-ukraine-on-secret-moscow-trip\/","title":{"rendered":"CIA director told Russia to deal with Ukraine on secret Moscow trip"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/KYQY6DY400s\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"CIA director told Russia to deal with Ukraine on secret Moscow trip\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KYQY6DY400s\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>More details have emerged about the CIA director&#8217;s secretive trip to Moscow this week.<\/p>\n<p>Officials said John Ratcliffe gave the Russians a bleak assessment of the state of their war in Ukraine, telling them it would be better to reach a deal before their situation gets worse.<\/p>\n<p>Donald Trump said he was not worried that Russia would try to attack a NATO country.<\/p>\n<p>[Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe]<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p>Get more news at our site &#8211; https:\/\/www.channel4.com\/news\/ <\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe<\/p>\n<p>Follow us:<br \/>\nTikTok &#8211; https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@c4news<br \/>\nInstagram &#8211; https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/channel4news\/<br \/>\nTwitter &#8211; https:\/\/twitter.com\/Channel4News<br \/>\nFacebook &#8211; https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Channel4News\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More details have emerged about the CIA director&#8217;s secretive trip to Moscow this week. Officials said John Ratcliffe gave the Russians a bleak assessment of the state of their war in Ukraine, telling them it would be better to reach a deal before their situation gets worse. 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