A Finnish editorial credits President Alexander Stubb with making progress toward peace during talks in Oslo. Ukraine’s urgent demand is that decisions about the country’s future cannot be made without Ukrainian participation. Stubb’s effort in the Norwegian capital was presented as a possible opening for negotiations and a sustained peace process. No formal settlement or negotiated terms were described. The concern raised in the editorial is that Ukraine could be treated as an object of diplomacy rather than a party to decisions affecting its own fate. The immediate stakes therefore involve both the course of the war and the inclusion of Kyiv in political discussions. The assessment of the Oslo talks is hopeful but conditional, with real progress still needed before peace can be secured.