The ceasefire had been expected to bring a swift end to weeks of escalating clashes triggered by the mass shooting of tourists last month that India blames on Pakistan.

India has rejected U.S. President Donald Trump’s claim that he helped New Delhi and Islamabad reach a ceasefire in exchange for trade concessions

The US-brokered ceasefire agreement will not go anywhere near addressing the fundamental grievances fueling the decades-long dispute over the status of Muslim-majority Kashmir.

In such a scenario, where Pakistan faces an existential threat, or believes that its territory is about to be overrun, it may decide to “go nuclear”—even at the risk of self-destruction. The latest test of this pattern arose in the aftermath of a terrorist attack in Indian-Administered Kashmir on April 22.

With Russian forces grinding forward, Vladimir Putin has offered few, if any, concessions so far. Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Kyiv was willing to talk only after Moscow agreed to a ceasefire.