It's easier to broker a deal when there's a stalemate, as was in the case of India and Pakistan. Vis-a-vis Ukraine, they are under the hammer at the moment. You have to understand it's way difficult to bring the Russian bear to negotiations table from a position of ostensible strength.

He did say. But the following morning, CIA apprised Trump about some alarming intelligence reports coming from Pakistan. Reportedly, the Pakistani PM had convened a meeting of the National Command & Authority, which caters for Pakistan's nuclear assets.

I am from Pakistan and imagine hearing the news from a very very credible source that Pak PM had called a meeting of NCA on Saturday morning. Mind you the NCA is responsible for managing Pakistan's nuclear weapons.
How narrowly we escaped an unprecedented cataclysm.