Norway's prime minister, Finland's president in phone call with Putin

Finnish President Alexander Stubb meets with Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store at the Government's representative facilities in Oslo, Norway, October 20, 2026. NTB/Cornelius Poppe/via REUTERS

HELSINKI, Oct 27 (Reuters) - ⁠Finnish President Alexander Stubb and Norwegian Prime Minister ⁠Jonas Gahr Stoere on Tuesday held a phone ‌call with Russian President Vladimir Putin regarding the war in Ukraine, Stubb's office said in a statement.

Western European leaders have mostly ​shunned contact with Putin since Russia ⁠launched its full-scale war ⁠in Ukraine in February 2022.