William Burns arrived in Kyiv after meeting with the head of the SVR of the Russian Federation in Ankara.
CIA Director William Burns visited Kyiv, on November 15, to meet with the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyi and his intelligence colleagues, writes CNN with reference to an American official. According to the official, during the massive Russian attack on Ukraine, Burns was in a safe place on the territory of the US embassy.
The director of the CIA came to Kyiv after a meeting with the head of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service, Sergei Naryshkin, in Ankara. This is the second known case of the CIA director visiting Kyiv in less than a month.
According to the official, during the visit to Kyiv, Burns “discussed the US warning against the use of nuclear weapons, which he conveyed to the head of the Russian Defense Ministry, and confirmed the commitment of the United States to support Ukraine in its fight against Russian aggression.” .
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Recall that on November 15 the Russian Federation launched a powerful missile attack
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Immediately after the incident, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, in agreement with President Andrzej Duda, convened an urgent meeting of the Committee of the Council of Ministers on National Security and Defense, there was also increased combat readiness of troops.
