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.
US special envoy Steve Witkoff met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Oslo and will travel to Russia on Wednesday to present an updated peace proposal to President Vladimir Putin, as tensions between Washington and Kyiv escalate over delayed arms shipments and intelligence sharing.
President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner and Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff are scheduled to travel to Norway this week for the next round of negotiations aimed at ending the war in Ukraine. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is expected to participate in the talks.
