CIA Director John Ratcliffe visited Moscow for contacts between US and Russian intelligence services but did not meet Russian President Vladimir Putin, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.“Contacts with Putin were not planned,” Peskov told Russian state news agency TASS on Wednesday, adding in comments to The Washington Post that Ratcliffe had visited Moscow for “contacts between special services.”JOIN US ON TELEGRAMFollow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official.Peskov declined to provide further details about the visit.A plane carrying Ratcliffe unexpectedly landed at Moscow’s Vnukovo Airport on Tuesday. A motorcade with US diplomatic plates was subsequently seen traveling through the Russian capital.The Kremlin initially said it had no information about the arrival of the US aircraft, prompting speculation about its purpose.On Tuesday, The Wall Street Journal reported that Ratcliffe’s trip could have been linked to US intelligence about Russia’s future plans, including military preparations for mobilization and potential attempts by Russian President Vladimir Putin to test NATO’s resolve.“The goal could have been to say: ‘We know what you are planning, and you better not do it,’” former US Deputy Director of National Intelligence Beth Sanner told the newspaper.The visit could also have been related to a potential ceasefire in Iran or the possible inclusion of additional parties in negotiations, according to Sanner.