BREAKING: Ratcliffe Warned #Putin of Port-Blocking Ops & #Donbas Compromise — Putin Threatened to Strike "Three Times Harder" CIA Director John Ratcliffe warned Vladimir Putin that #Ukraine and the United States are preparing operations capable of blocking Russia’s southern ports , while offering a compromise on Donbas, reports Pavlyuchenko. Putin’s response: #Russia will retaliate "three times more powerful." For a "port" and "energy" truce