Zelenskiy meets CIA chief Ratcliffe at Shannon Airport

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy met CIA Director John Ratcliffe at Shannon Airport in Ireland on Monday, according to two sources familiar with the matter. The informal conversation occurred while their planes were refueling on the tarmac, with both sources declining to disclose details of the discussion. Zelenskiy was en route to New York for the UN General Assembly, while Ratcliffe was returning from a meeting with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi. The meeting comes less than a month after Ratcliffe traveled to Moscow to meet Russian intelligence officials, where he reportedly urged them to negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine before their position weakens, according to the New York Times.