US Military Plane Lands in Moscow Amid Reported CIA Chief Visit

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The aircraft flew from Riga to Vnukovo Airport, while the Kremlin said it had no information about the flight.

 

John Ratcliffe, director of the CIA, reportedly travelled to Moscow on Tuesday for meetings with Russian officials, according to a CBS News journalist citing unnamed sources in a post on X.

The reported visit coincided with the arrival of a US military transport aircraft at Moscow’s Vnukovo Airport.

US military aircraft flew from Riga

Flight-tracking data from Flightradar24 showed that the aircraft landed at Vnukovo earlier on Tuesday.

The US-registered Boeing Globemaster, bearing the number 07-7181, flew directly from Riga, Latvia, and landed in Moscow at around 10:00 Greek time.

The Kremlin said it had no information about the aircraft.

Source: AMNA