You read the headline but probably not the article. Any peace discussion must involve Ukraine and Russia primarily. Others can be brokers but that is all. The US cannot tell Ukrainians what they must accept because it is not either their war or NATO`s war.Much as in Gaza the Americans have no interest whatever in ending these slaughters, the rest is just for show.
putins-suggestion-of-ukraine-ceasefire-rejected-by-washington-sources-say
Other events around the world , past or present, are not relevent to this discussion as the circumstances are entirely different.