The anniversary was being marked as U.S. policies on Russia and Ukraine shift under President Donald Trump. Here's the latest: KYIV — Finnish President Alexander Stubb said Europe needs “to make clear to the Russians and everyone else that there are a few things that are completely off the table in these negotiations" to end the war in Ukraine.

This is the text of an address given by the president of the Republic of Finland, Alexander Stubb, in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Feb. 24.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, center, speaks with Finland's President Alexander Stubb, left, during a group photo at a summit on Ukraine at Lancaster House in London, Sunday, March 2, 2025.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, right, Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, second from right, Latvia's President Edgars Rinkevics, left, and Finland's President Alexander Stubb, centre left,

Finnish President Alexander Stubb said steps forward had been taken at the London summit and said Finland and Norway were involved in supporting the preparation of a peace plan being developed jointly by Ukraine,

Finnish President Alexander Stubb said that Ukraine is fighting not only for its independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity, but also for "European security, freedom and the rules-based world order.

Finnish President Alexander Stubb discusses the current geopolitical situation following Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's visit to the White House last week. He also talks about Russia and how President Vladimir Putin won't stop with Ukraine if he's not countered with strength in any negotiations over a ceasefire or peace.

European leaders sought to assemble what Britain called a “coalition of the willing” to secure Ukraine after any US-brokered ceasefire, as they gathered in London to coordinate defense spending hikes amid concerns of an American pullback.

The Ukrainian president's comments to Laura Kuenssberg came after he failed to sign the deal at the White House on Friday.

Russia will not stop at Ukraine, if it is not opposed in any negotiations on peace or ceasefire, Finnish President Alexander Stubb told Bloomberg.

The war has killed and wounded more than 1 million soldiers in all, according to Ukrainian and Western estimates. But drones now kill more soldiers and destroy more armored vehicles in Ukraine than all traditional weapons of war combined, including sniper rifles, tanks, howitzers and mortars, Ukrainian commanders and officials say.