Finnish president: Trump should give Putin 3 weeks to agree Ukraine ceasefire

The president of Finland is urging President Trump to enforce a deadline connected Vladimir Putin of April 20 to hold a ceasefire successful Ukraine.

Speaking to Fox News successful London pursuing a play sojourn with Trump successful Florida, Alexander Stubb praised Trump's negotiating efforts, saying Trump is "probably the lone idiosyncratic successful the satellite who tin mediate the peace."

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But helium argued the ceasefire dialog process should not beryllium unfastened ended.

"We request a ceasefire, and we request a day for the ceasefire," Stubb said. "And that day should beryllium the 20th of April."

Finnish President Alexander Stubb is urging President Trump to propulsion his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, into agreeing a Ukraine ceasefire by April 20. (Getty Images)

April 20 would people 3 months since Trump's inauguration, and is besides Orthodox Easter.

"If President Putin — who is the lone 1 who is not accepting a ceasefire, due to the fact that the Americans privation it, the Europeans privation it, the Ukrainians privation it — if helium doesn't oblige by the ceasefire, past we should spell for a colossal acceptable of sanctions coming from the United States and Europe," Stubb said.

Trump has spoken of a "psychological deadline" for Russia to hold to a ceasefire, but has declined to sanction a date.

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Stubb said Putin "respects, and successful galore ways fears, Donald Trump."

Finland — a neighbour of Russia's, with a shared borderline moving much than 800 miles — upended decades of neutrality 2 years agone erstwhile it joined NATO, alarmed by the warfare successful Ukraine.

Stubb believes Ukraine should besides beryllium allowed to articulation the subject confederation "in the agelong run" — a presumption that runs antagonistic to the Trump administration's.

Stubb sat down for an interrogation with Fox News aft gathering President Trump astatine Mar-a-Lago. (Alex Hogan/Fox News)

Following talks and a circular of play with Trump successful Florida, the Finnish person said European leaders are heeding American complaints that Europe does not walk capable wealth connected defense, relying alternatively connected the United States.

"Europe needs to instrumentality much work for its ain security, much work for its ain defense," Stubb said. "I deliberation we're doing precisely that."

U.S. President Donald Trump gestures arsenic Finland's President Alexander Stubb stands adjacent to him astatine at Mar-a-Lago, successful Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., March 29, 2025. Finnish Presidential Office via Instagram/Handout via REUTERS (Presidential Office via Instagram/Handout via REUTERS)

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He described the U.S.-European narration arsenic "in a transition," but insisted: "We're allies.

"Just due to the fact that ideologically determination are differences astatine times betwixt Europeans and Americans doesn't mean that we're going to sever oregon divorce."