American CIA officer William Burns recently traveled to Kyiv to meet with the Ukrainian president.
A “secret” meeting revealed by the US media. CIA Director William Burns met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to brief the head of state “about the analysis [du conflit] of the United States government for the coming weeks and months,” says the Washington Post.
The Reuters news agency also conveyed the information. “Director Burns traveled to kyiv, where he met with his Ukrainian intelligence counterparts, as well as President Zelensky, to whom he reaffirmed our continued support for Ukraine and its defense against Russian aggression,” a US official told the agency. .
On Thursday, Washington also announced a new tranche of military aid to Ukraine totaling $2.5 billion, including hundreds of armored vehicles of various types, but not Abrams heavy tanks.
The visit of the head of the CIA, which would have taken place last week according to the Washington Post, It takes place at a key moment in the conflict. The war in Ukraine, which began in February 2022, will soon pass the 12-month mark.
Especially since with the victory of the Republicans in the US House of Representatives, US aid to Ukraine could decrease in the coming months.
Already in Ukraine before the war
William “Bill” Burns had personally traveled to the Ukraine before the Russian invasion in late February to alert Zelensky to the assassination risk hanging over him.
In an interview with CBS in October, he discussed the situation in Ukraine, saying he feared the unpredictability of an embattled Vladimir Putin.
“A cornered Putin with his back to the wall can be dangerous and reckless and is remembered for the wrong assumptions he made before the war. to the Ukrainians, the United States and the West,” he said.
Source: BFM TV
