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Call is first contact at this level in more than a year as Russia and Ukraine prepare for US-brokered peace talks

Strikes hit a major bridge in the Ukrainian capital as leaders push for 'direct discussions' to end the war.

Call is first contact at this level in more than a year as Russia and Ukraine prepare for US-brokered peace talks

<p>Alexander Stubb and Jonas Gahr Støre held ‘substantive’ talk with Russian president on peace negotiations, but faced sceptical reactions from some European leaders</p><p>Meanwhile, <strong>Wes Streeting, the defence secretary, has warned that Russia’s Vladimir Putin is “testing us and testing Nato’s resolve” as he condemned hybrid threats and “state-spons

The two defense ministers discussed the Nordic country's decision to allow nuclear weapons onto its soil as Japan weighs a similar policy shift.

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The talks come after Finland revised a law allowing nuclear weapons into the country — a decision that came as Japan weighs a similar shift in policy.