Adam Jasser, TVP World’s news director, says John Ratcliffe’s rare Moscow mission appears designed to deter Russian escalation, even as Washington reviews its military footprint in Europe and Belarus raises military readiness. President Donald Trump may have called CIA Director John Ratcliffe’s Moscow visit “semi-routine,” but it was more likely a warning to the Kremlin against testing NATO’s eastern flank, TVP World news director Adam Jasser said. JOIN US ON TELEGRAMFollow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official. Jasser told TVP World’s News in Depth program that Ratcliffe’s rare trip was “the central event this week,” arguing that Washington deliberately allowed it to become public as part of its signaling to Moscow. A warning to Putin Ratcliffe met Russian foreign intelligence chief Sergei Naryshkin in Moscow on Wednesday. Reuters reported that concerns about possible Russian operations against NATO were raised, although they were not necessarily the main focus. “I think the simplest explanation is that Mr. Ratcliffe delivered some kind of a warning to Vladimir Putin,” Jasser said. Trump later said Putin “is not going to be attacking a NATO territory.” Jasser suggested the president may have been expressing confidence that Moscow had understood Washington’s message. Russia has been expanding military infrastructure capable of supporting up to 115,000 troops near NATO’s Baltic borders.