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Russian President Vladimir Putin told the leaders of Finland and Norway that Russia would not compromise on its goal of capturing the entire Donbas region of Ukraine, Reuters and Sky News reported.
A Reuters source said Putin made the remarks during a phone call with Finnish President Alexander Stubb and Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre.
“The Europeans responded that a ‘just’ peace was necessary,” the source said.
Following the call, Støre said he had the impression that Moscow was preparing carefully for the upcoming talks in Abu Dhabi, Sky News reported.
Background
On October 27, Stubb and Støre held a phone conversation with Putin to discuss Russia’s war against Ukraine and possible ways to end it.
Before the call, the Finnish and Norwegian leaders consulted Kyiv to convey Ukraine’s position ahead of the planned peace talks in Abu Dhabi.
The Kremlin later released its account of the conversation between Putin and the two European leaders.
