Conflict & Security
Nordic leaders hold rare call with Putin as Oleshky ceasefire holds
October 27, 2026 at 05:28 PM
Coverage
3 reports · over 3 hours
TGThe Guardian
Oleshky truce appears to hold as two European leaders have ‘frank’ call with Putin
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AJAl Jazeera English
Russia targets Kyiv as Finnish, Norwegian leaders hold rare call with Putin
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BNBBC News
Norway and Finland hold rare call with Putin to discuss ending war
(opens the publisher’s site)Finnish and Norwegian leaders held a rare call with Putin as a local ceasefire held in Russian-occupied Oleshky ahead of Abu Dhabi talks.
- A local ceasefire took effect at 3am in Russian-occupied Oleshky, pausing drone attacks ahead of an evacuation of roughly 2,000 civilians.
- Finnish President Alexander Stubb and Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre held a "frank and substantive" call with Putin from Helsinki.
- Russian strikes on Kyiv overnight killed at least one person, injured 15, and hit a bridge, university campus, and metro infrastructure.
- Zelenskyy said Russia "must stop dragging out this war", while Denmark's Mette Frederiksen criticized the Nordic initiative as uncoordinated.