Follow-up to the Stubb-Støre 90-minute call with Putin dominated, shifting from details of Putin's history lecture to Nordic recrimination over Denmark and Sweden being bypassed. Russian commentators welcomed the break in isolation while Swedish press called it bingo for Putin, and professors in Helsinki framed it as a calculated risk that alarmed the Baltics. By afternoon focus turned to what Prime Minister Orpo knew, with reports he was informed in advance but bound to silence when denying bilateral contacts, and to claims from Kyiv that Finland and Norway sought a larger negotiating role, later backed by Ukraine's foreign minister. Iltalehti reported Helsinki was ready to call again.
Parallel coverage followed the resumed Amirkhani-Luoti trial with testimony about threats in Nuuksio and a rebuke of defence lawyer Uoti.
Evening front pages also tracked the Madrid-Seville train collision, with deaths rising above 30.