Ukraine Turns Table on Russia With Cease-Fire Proposal, but Putin Has Little Incentive to Sign - WSJ

“If Russia says ‘yes’, that’s very good news, and we’ll begin that process and do everything we can to move that process forward,” Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Wednesday. “If they say ‘no,’ it’ll tell us a lot about what their goals are and…what their mindset is.”

This is so naive. Bludgeon your ally, the victim, then hope the aggressor signs on? And when they don’t, what was the point?