Finland’s President and Norway’s Prime Minister held a “frank and substantive” discussion with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday (October 27, 2026) about efforts to end the war in Ukraine, the Nordic leaders said.
“The outcome of this war will have a direct impact on our security and broader European security. Speaking to reporters in Helsinki, Mr. Stubb and Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky as well as U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff. U.S. President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner also took part in the meeting remotely. After the Oslo talks, Witkoff travelled to Saint Petersburg to meet Mr. Putin. Mr.
Stubb said the idea for the call had originated during a meeting in Oslo on October 20 between Store, Mr.
Ending the war requires direct discussions,” President Alexander Stubb said in a joint statement with Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store. Stubb said, “Both the Americans and the Ukrainians thought it would be a good idea to reach out,” and that Ukraine had wished for the Nordic countries to help it “open a channel of communication”.
“In the times we live in, it cannot be that only the US administration has a channel to talk to the Russian leadership.
Mr, according to a statement from the Kremlin. Putin had during the call stressed that it was the EU’s and NATO’s “confrontational policy” that was “leading to a protraction of hostilities”. The Kremlin said the three leaders had “agreed to continue maintaining direct contact by telephone”. European countries must be able to do that as well,” the prime minister told reporters.
