Overnight Helsingin Sanomat's poll kept SDP on top with Kokoomus narrowly holding second as Perussuomalaiset closed the gap, a framing Suomen Uutiset tied to immigration lines.
By late morning attention returned to the Oslo track from the previous evening, as US envoy Steve Witkoff met Vladimir Putin in St Petersburg to present proposals carried from the Stubb-Zelensky-Støre talks, with reports of a freed American prisoner. President Stubb briefed the backstage picture, saying the aim in Oslo had been to cool the dispute and that the US relationship had permanently changed. Afternoon coverage turned to the Russian response: the Kremlin dismissed the Oslo input as having little content yet declared progress theoretically possible and floated trilateral talks in November. Yle's analysis concluded Putin agreed to keep negotiating without softening demands.
A midday break came when HIFK dismissed coach Olli Jokinen.