Cia Director Meets Russia S Top Spy Chief For Secret Talks On Ukraine
In the first face-to-face high-level diplomatic contact between Washington and Moscow since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Bill Burns, the director of the CIA, and Sergei Naryskin, the head of Russia’s SVR spy agency, meet in Ankara to discuss the detainees. American citizens and nuclear risk. The White House emphasized that Burns “is not conducting any kind of negotiations.” Ukraine was briefed ahead of the trip, with the White House saying: “We stand firmly by our fundamental principle: nothing for Ukraine without Ukraine....