Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky meets US CIA Director John Ratcliffe in Ireland at Shannon Airport, multiple outlets report, citing people familiar with the matter. The accounts say the meeting occurs as the two wait for planes to be refueled during Zelensky’s travel.
Sources are divided on the level of formality and timing. Some describe the encounter as taking place on Monday, while another account says the meeting is informal during refuelling and does not specify the date. None of the reports provide details of the discussion, citing the sensitivity of intelligence-related matters and noting sources request anonymity.
The meeting is framed in context of Zelensky’s itinerary and broader intelligence developments. Several outlets tie the airport stop to his travel to New York for the UN General Assembly. One outlet adds that Ratcliffe’s meeting in Ireland comes less than a month after he travels to Moscow to meet Russian intelligence officials, while other reports focus primarily on the Ireland stop and the absence of disclosed conversation details.
