We knew that before, but now we know even on Mr. Rubio’s terms, as the Kremlin on Thursday said nyet. Mr. Putin emerged later to sand the rougher edges off Mr. Ushakov, saying he really wants peace.

These are very early days. The whole Jeddah initiative may fail. But at least Putin’s initial response avoided the flat-out “nyet”.

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