During a telephone conversation between Russian President Vladimir Putin, Finnish President Alexander Stubb and Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, the parties discussed the meetings held by US President's special envoy Steve Witkoff in St. Petersburg and Oslo regarding the settlement of the situation in Ukraine, the Kremlin press service reported. This was reported by Qazaqyia.kz citing Sputnik Kazakhstan.
"There was an exchange of views on the Ukrainian issue. At the same time, the talks held on October 21 in St. Petersburg between Vladimir Putin and US President's special envoy Steve Witkoff, as well as the meetings of Alexander Stubb and Jonas Gahr Støre in Oslo with Witkoff and (Vladimir) Zelensky, were taken into account," the statement said.
On Wednesday, October 21, a meeting took place in St. Petersburg between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President's special envoy Steve Witkoff. A day earlier, multilateral talks on the settlement of the situation in Ukraine were held in Oslo. They were attended by Zelensky, Finnish President Alexander Stubb, Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre and Witkoff. Also, the son-in-law of the US leader, Jared Kushner, joined the meeting remotely.