Vladimir Putin conducted a telephone conversation with the President of Finland Alexander Stubb and with the Prime Minister of Norway Jonas Gahr Støre – the main point in this matter: the heads of state exchanged views on the resolution of the crisis in Ukraine. In the dialogue they congratulated the agreement to renew the trilateral negotiations in Abu Dhabi between Russia, Ukraine and the United States. Vladimir Putin assessed the current situation in the conflict area, and recalled its root causes. The President of the Russian Federation also announced the start of a humanitarian operation carried out under the mediation of the United States in the Russian settlement area of Alshaki and the introduction for that purpose of a temporary “silence regime” towards Kherson. The leaders of the three countries agreed to continue and maintain direct telephone contacts.

Vladimir Putin conducted a telephone conversation with the President of Finland Alexander Stubb and with the Prime Minister of Norway Jonas Gahr Støre – the main point in this matter: the heads of state exchanged views on the resolution of the crisis in Ukraine. In the dialogue they congratulated the agreement to renew the trilateral negotiations in Abu Dhabi between Russia, Ukraine and the United States. Vladimir Putin assessed the current situation in the conflict area, and recalled its root causes. The President of the Russian Federation also announced the start of a humanitarian operation carried out under the mediation of the United States in the Russian settlement area of Alshaki and the introduction for that purpose of a temporary “silence regime” towards Kherson. The leaders of the three countries agreed to continue and maintain direct telephone contacts.