On Tuesday, Finnish President Alexander Staab and Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Storr had a telephone conversation with Vladimir Putin. The purpose of the conversation was to "convey directly to President Putin Ukraine's position regarding the upcoming peace negotiations in Abu Dhabi," according to an official statement from the office of the Finnish president. The Kremlin confirmed the fact of the conversation and reported that the date of the tripartite meeting on Ukraine has not yet been set. Later on Tuesday, Stov and Stora spoke with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.