Rare call with Putin on Ukraine was ‘substantive’ but ‘significant differences’ remain, say Finnish and Norwegian leaders – Europe live

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Alexander Stubb and Jonas Gahr Støre have defended their independent talk with Russia’s president after criticism from some European leaders Meanwhile, 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-sponsored terrorism” from Russia. Streeting repeated his recent warnings that “we hav