Early today, an American Boeing C-17A Globemaster III military transport aircraft was spotted landing at Moscow's Vnukovo International Airport, according to online air traffic monitoring systems, Russian news agency TASS reported. US media outlets say John Ratcliffe was in Russia to attend meetings. Key points and original sources are listed below.

• Early today, an American Boeing C-17A Globemaster III military transport aircraft was spotted landing at Moscow's Vnukovo International Airport, according to online air traffic monitoring systems, Russian news agency TASS reported.S1

• US media outlets say John Ratcliffe was in Russia to attend meetings. Flight tracking websites had earlier detected the arrival of a US military transport plane at Moscow's Vnukovo Airport.S2