According to information from the “Washington Post” and the Reuters press agency, the director of the
American CIA, William Burns, recently traveled to kyiv to meet the Ukrainian president.
A “secret” meeting revealed by the American media. CIA Director William Burns met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to brief the head of state “on the analysis [du conflit] of the U.S. government for the next few weeks and months,” indicates the Washington Post.
The Reuters news agency also relayed 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,” he said. an American official told the agency.
This Thursday, Washington also announced a new tranche of military aid to Ukraine for a total amount of 2.5 billion dollars, including hundreds of armored vehicles of various types, but no Abrams heavy tanks.
The visit of the boss of the CIA, which would have taken place last week according to the Washington Post, takes place at a key moment in the conflict. The war in Ukraine, which began in February 2022, will soon pass the twelve-month mark.
Especially since with the victory of the Republicans in the United States House of Representatives, American aid to Ukraine could decrease in the coming months.
Already in Ukraine before the war
William “Bill” Burns had traveled in person to Ukraine before the Russian invasion in late February to alert Zelensky to the risk of assassination hovering over him.
In an interview with CBS in October, he spoke about the situation in Ukraine and said he feared the unpredictability of a beleaguered Vladimir Putin.
“A cornered, back-to-the-wall Putin can be dangerous and reckless and are remembered for the wrong assumptions he made before the war. I think he is now basing his approach on equally wrong assumptions, believing that “He can stand up to the Ukrainians, the United States and the West,” he said.
