CIA director Ratcliffe visits Moscow

CIA director John Ratcliffe is visiting Moscow on Tuesday for talks with Russian officials, two U.S. officials said. Why it matters: This is Ratcliffe's first trip to Moscow since he took office and the highest-level visit by a Trump administration official to Russia since January. Ahead of Ratcliffe's trip, the U.S. told Ukraine that a senior delegation was traveling to Moscow and asked it to suspend strikes until it leaves, according to a source with knowledge of the matter. Driving the news: Ratcliffe departed Washington on Sunday and traveled on a U.S. government plane to Latvia. On Tuesday, Ratcliffe travelled from Riga, Latvia to Moscow on a U.S. Air Force C-17 plane. The CIA did not respond to multiple requests for comment. CBS first reported on Ratcliffe's trip.