Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky meets US CIA Director John Ratcliffe at Shannon Airport in Ireland, according to two people familiar with the matter. The sources say the meeting takes place on Monday, though one account says the pair speaks informally while their planes are refuelled, without specifying an exact timing beyond that context. Both sources decline to disclose details of the conversation, citing the sensitivity of intelligence-related discussions.
The reporting places the encounter during Zelensky’s travel to New York. One outlet also notes that Ratcliffe previously traveled to Moscow less than a month earlier to meet with Russia’s top intelligence officials, framing the Ireland meeting as occurring soon after that separate engagement. Other outlets focus on the location and informal nature of the tarmac meeting, providing limited specifics about the agenda or outcomes.
