A US Air Force C-17 transport plane landed at Moscow’s Vnukovo Airport on August 25, completing a direct flight from Latvia via Riga. CIA Director John Ratcliffe was aboard the aircraft, marking his first known visit to Russia in his role. Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov claimed Russia had no information about the flight. This was the first direct US military flight to land in Russia since January 2026, amid steadily deteriorating relations between Washington and Moscow since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
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