Russian President Vladimir Putin is preparing for phone calls with Finnish President Alexander Staab and Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Storr to discuss the prospects for a peace deal in Ukraine. The three leaders may speak as early as today. The planned talks follow a renewed effort to get peace talks on track, with US President Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff visiting Putin in St Petersburg last week. Vitkoff traveled to Russia after holding talks in Oslo with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and the two Nordic leaders," - Bloomberg.