Storm after the call to Putin. Danish Prime Minister strikes at allies

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen expressed caution regarding the recent initiative by Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre and Finnish President Alexander Stubb to engage with Putin, emphasizing the need for European unity. She noted a lack of signals from Russia indicating a desire for peace and highlighted ongoing hybrid actions and aggression in Ukraine. Støre and Stubb's phone call with Putin aimed to convey their positions on future negotiations to end the war, while they clarified they were representing their own countries, not Europe as a whole. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky thanked them for their support and discussed preparations for an upcoming trilateral meeting involving Ukraine, the U.S., and Russia.