CIA director traveled to Ukraine earlier this month, say reports

CIA director Bill Burns traveled to Ukraine earlier this month to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and other officials as the war appears poised to grind into its second year, according to two sources familiar with the trip.

“While there, he reinforced the US commitment to provide support to Ukraine in its fight against Russian aggression, including continued intelligence sharing,” a US official told CNN.

Burns’ trip comes as the US has grown increasingly concerned that Russia may turn to a nuclear weapon in its struggling war.