DOMINANT ANGLE
Oslo is measuring Putin's invitation to the G20 in Miami against the backdrop of a war that continues: Zelensky is proposing a limited ceasefire for energy infrastructure but admits he is not sure if Russia is ready.
Dominant angle identified — does not reflect unanimity of this country’s media
KEY POINTS
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Zelensky proposed on X a limited ceasefire for attacks on energy infrastructure ("electricity, heating and water supply"), while writing: "I'm not sure Russia is ready."
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Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre and Finnish President Alexander Stubb met with Zelensky in New York on Wednesday; Norway will maintain its support for Ukraine at 85 billion crowns next year.
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Stubb spoke at the UN Security Council on behalf of the Nordic countries to call for strengthening and expanding support for Ukraine.
ANALYSIS
Oslo, Thursday, September 24, 2026. In Oslo, the invitation extended by Washington to Vladimir Putin for the G20 summit in Miami in December is viewed through the prism of a war that has not ceased. Norwegian media do not directly report Marco Rubio's announcement, but rather place it in the context of negotiations conducted this week in New York, on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly.
According to Dagbladet, Volodymyr Zelensky announced, in a message posted on X on Tuesday night, that he had proposed to Donald Trump a limited ceasefire regarding attacks on energy infrastructure: "We are ready for this if they do not attack our energy system - electricity, heating, and water supply," he wrote. The Ukrainian president asks that Washington transmit this proposal to the Russians, and that Trump involve Chinese President Xi Jinping, whom he is to meet the next day: "He has influence over Putin." But Zelensky remains cautious about Russian willingness: "I am not sure that Russia is ready," he wrote, in contrast to the optimism displayed by Trump regarding Putin's intentions. It is in this context that Marco Rubio was to meet with Sergey Lavrov in New York, a meeting that Dagbladet presents as a possible framework for transmitting the Ukrainian proposal.
The second axis of the Norwegian narrative is national. Aftenposten reports that Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre and Finnish President Alexander Stubb met with Zelensky on Wednesday in New York, on the sidelines of the General Assembly, to discuss the intensification of Russian strikes, Western support, and the prospects for a total or partial ceasefire. "It is valuable to have this type of confidential discussion," Støre said, recalling that he had initiated these discussions during Zelensky's visit to Norway a few weeks earlier. He confirms that Norway will maintain its support for Kiev at a level of 85 billion crowns next year, with a military focus, and priority given to air defense. Stubb, at the Security Council on behalf of the Nordic countries, has set the goal: to strengthen and expand support for Ukraine for a just and lasting peace.
For Oslo, the opening of a multilateral framework like the G20 has significance only if it is accompanied by verifiable gestures on the ground, starting with this energy ceasefire, whose outcome remains uncertain, even in the eyes of Kiev.
