Norway and Finland Call Putin to End Ukraine War — SkimNews
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- Norway and Finland held a rare direct phone call with Putin, in which the two Nordic leaders urged him to end the Ukraine war.
- European leaders were split over the phone call to Putin, according to The New York Times, while the Institute for the Study of War's Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, dated October 27, 2026, appears alongside it in the coverage.
Why it matters: Putin gets two European governments personally urging him to end the Ukraine war, while the split among European leaders that The New York Times highlights shows Europe is divided on that direct contact. Norway and Finland have already used the channel their peers are still arguing about.
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