Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met with the head of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) John Ratcliffe, reports "Reuters" citing two informed sources. According to them, the meeting took place on Monday, September 21, at the Shannon airport during the refueling of the planes. The interlocutors of the agency did not reveal the details of the conversation. After that, Zelensky arrived in New York, where his talks with US President Donald Trump are scheduled for September 22. Ratcliffe communicated with the Ukrainian leader less than a month after his visit to Moscow, where he was sent by Trump himself, according to "The Wall Street Journal" (WSJ) periodical. In the capital of Russia, the head of the CIA held talks with the heads of the Federal Security Service (FSS) and the Foreign Intelligence Service (FSA) Alexander Bortnikov and Sergey Naryshkin. According to "The New York Times" (NYT) sources, Ratcliff presented a "gloomy" assessment of the situation on the Ukrainian front and called for an agreement to end the war before Russia's military and economic situation deteriorates. At the same time, as informed interlocutors of "The Washington Post" claimed, the visit of the head of the CIA in Russia was considered as "an attempt to convince Putin to stop the war, and Putin perceived it as a weakness." After that, Steve Witkoff, the special representative of the US president, and Jared Kushner, the son-in-law of the US president, visited Moscow and Kiev. However, according to "Financial Times" sources, the new round of the diplomatic tour of representatives of the American administration did not bring significant progress in the matter of peaceful settlement. In particular, Vladimir Putin, as before, demands from Kiev to hand over Donbas and is ready to end the war only on his terms, while Zelensky refuses to accept this demand. Against this background, Trump has called on Zelensky several times to stop the attacks on Russian oil refineries, because, according to him, the attacks lead to an increase in the world prices of diesel fuel. The leader of Ukraine, in turn, stated that Kiev is ready for de-escalation, but the refusal to attack Russian oil refineries must be accompanied by Russian aggression against Ukrainian energy and critical infrastructure. With the cessation of attacks.