Rubio Says U.S. Will Not Force Ukraine to Accept Ceasefire Deal, Underscores Diplomacy

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio confirmed Friday that the United States doesn’t want to force a ceasefire deal on Ukraine, underscoring a diplomatic stance that any end-of-war agreement must be acceptable to both Kyiv and Moscow. The remarks, captured in a Bloomberg report and delivered at a year-end briefing in Washington, signal a pushback against…