Ukraine has managed to flip the diplomatic script on Russia. Whether it proves enough to end the fighting is another matter.
In the wake of a combative Oval Office meeting, the Trump administration questioned whether Kyiv was ready to talk peace. On Tuesday, after Ukraine agreed to a cease-fire proposal following talks with Washington, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the ball was now in the Kremlin’s court.
“We’ll take this offer now to the Russians,” Rubio said in a press briefing in Saudi Arabia after the discussions there.