CIA Chief Flew to Moscow Just to Show the Kremlin How Badly They’re Losing
When your own generals are lying to your face about conquering Ukraine, sometimes Washington has to send its top spy to deliver your actual casualty reports.
CIA Director John Ratcliffe popped over to Moscow for a chat with FSB chief Alexander Bortnikov. The main agenda wasn't diplomatic pleasantries—it was handing over bleak intelligence on how catastrophic Russia's war effort actually looks from orbit, suspecting Putin isn't even told the real numbers.
The message was simple: take a peace deal before the wheels come off completely. In the last 18 months, Russia managed to seize barely 1% of Ukraine while watching frontline troop lifespans drop to under 35 minutes, largely thanks to relentless drone swarms.
Washington hopes a former KGB officer might actually respect data from an intelligence chief over his own sycophants.
Source: The New York Times
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