So, whatever the talk was about (probably Europe and Ukraine) I think we can take for granted that Ratcliffe did NOT defend either, since he seems a good little Trump soldier.
Was he trying to bring .RU and .UA back to the negociating table? Possible, since Trump is desperate to score some points after Iran and the recent fistfight with Canada. In that case, .RU officials probably gave him a long list of demands that will prove as impossible to satisfy as the previous ones...
๐งต 4/x