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Oct 27, 2026

Finland and Norway hold rare call with Putin on ending Ukraine war

Finnish President Alexander Stubb and Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre held a 'frank and substantive' phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss efforts to end the war in Ukraine, breaking with longstanding Western European practice of shunning direct contact with Putin.

Oct 27, 20266 sources

Top claims

▪U.S. President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner participated remotely in the October 20, 2026 meeting in Oslo between Stubb, Støre and Zelenskyy alongside Steve Witkoff
▪U.S. President Donald Trump pressured Ukraine to stop drone strikes on Russian oil refineries during his October 2026 diplomatic push
▪U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff met with Jonas Gahr Støre, Alexander Stubb, and Volodymyr Zelenskyy, prior to meeting Vladimir Putin in Saint Petersburg

Topics

U.S. shuttle diplomacy in the Russia-Ukraine war Volodymyr Zelenskyy Russia-Ukraine war US–Russia diesel-supply agreement Oleshky humanitarian ceasefire October 2026 Oslo Ukraine peace talks October 2026 Proposed U.S.-Ukraine-Russia technical talks in the UAE Steve Witkoff Ukraine peace & ceasefire talks Sanctions relief NATO

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Abu Dhabi Russia United States Ukraine Saint Petersburg