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President Volodymyr Zelensky met US special envoy Steve Witkoff in Oslo on October 20, joined by Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store, Finnish President Alexander Stubb and EU and NATO representatives, to discuss ceasefire formats and NATO-like security guarantees for Ukraine. Zelensky said US intelligence sharing and ballistic missile early-warning systems had resumed and that he hoped for another call with Secretary of State Marco Rubio within 48 hours, while insisting any talks on Ukraine's future, including a possible Trump-Putin-Xi summit, must include Kyiv. Witkoff was set to travel to St. Petersburg on October 21, alongside envoy Jared Kushner joining remotely, to brief Vladimir Putin on the Oslo proposals, with the New York Times reporting envoys would also seek the release of an American held in Russia. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said any deal acceptable to Moscow would mean the end of Zelensky's