Ukraine considers Russia's repeated attempts to invite it to negotiations to end the war as a "smokescreen" in order to buy time and change the situation in its favour.

EU member states have responded to Ukraine's request for help and sent 500 power generators after the Russian strikes on Ukraine's energy infrastructure facilities.

The Italian government is preparing a new arms package for Ukraine, including air defence systems.

The Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada, Ruslan Stefanchuk, appealed to senior members of Congress with a request to assist Ukraine with additional air defence systems to counter Iranian kamikaze drones.

Mykhailo Podoliak, adviser to the Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, reminded that Ukraine has never completely refused negotiations with Russia but has a clear condition - the withdrawal of Russian troops from the territory of Ukraine.

Oleksii Reznikov, the Minister of Defence of Ukraine, has reported that anti-aircraft systems NASAMS and Aspide arrived in Ukraine.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine has commented on statements of the Mayor of Daugavpils - the second largest city of Latvia - regarding "Russian Crimea" and his avoidance of calling Russia an aggressor and the only guilty party in the war.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine has stated that Ukraine will continue to take measures to prevent Russia from using Iranian weapons to kill Ukrainians, and warned Tehran that the consequences of complicity in Russian aggression will be more extensive than the benefits Iran will receive from its support for Russia.

Oleksii Reznikov, Minister of Defence of Ukraine, said that the United States should announce a new military assistance package for Ukraine on Friday.

German Minister of Justice Marco Buschmann arrived in Ukraine to pay a visit.

The visit on November 3 was not publicly disclosed. Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration Olha Stefanishyna reported about it.

At a meeting of foreign ministers of the Group of Seven, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba demonstrated a part of an Iranian-made drone that recently hit Kyiv.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine has denied the statement by Russian President Vladimir Putin that Ukraine had allegedly made some new commitments on the implementation of the "grain deal". 

Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou and Nikolaos Panagiotopoulos, Greek Defence Minister, will arrive in Kyiv on an official visit on 3 November. 

Ambassador of Ukraine to Israel Ievhen Korniichuk sees "certain preconditions" that Israel might change its position regarding military assistance.

The Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation has announced that Russia is resuming the implementation of the Black Sea Grain Initiative, which was suspended after the explosions in Sevastopol.

French President Emmanuel Macron, in a conversation with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, promised to strengthen Ukraine's anti-air defense capabilities.

The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, told about a telephone conversation with the President of France, Emmanuel Macron, noting that he was satisfied with its outcome.

European Commissioner for Energy Kadri Simson has arrived in Kyiv after the Russian rocket attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure to increase support for the Ukrainian energy sector.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine stated that after Russian missile attacks on the energy infrastructure of Ukraine, President Putin’s invitation to the G20 Summit must be withdrawn, and Russia itself must be expelled from the G20.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Dmytro Kuleba, said that Kyiv has a dialogue with partners on assistance to restore the energy infrastructure after the Russian shelling. They have agreed with 12 countries.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine has reiterated the need for anti-missile and anti-aircraft defence systems after a Russian missile fell in Moldova on Monday morning.

A Russian rocket fell in the village of Naslavcea, in the Ocnita District in the north of Moldova, in the morning of 31 October.

The only realistic proposal for possible negotiations with Russia should be an immediate end to Putin's war against Ukraine and the withdrawal of Russian troops to Russia’s borders as of late 1991.

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has noted that the attack against Russian ships in the Sevastopol Bay (Crimea) was merely a reason for Moscow to withdraw from the "grain agreement" since steps to disrupt it began long before that. 

In a telephone conversation with his Iranian counterpart, Ukraine’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dmytro Kuleba, has demanded the immediate cessation of the supply of Iranian weapons to Russia. 

Konstantin Vorontsov, senior official of the Russian Foreign Ministry, stated that Russia may regard Western commercial satellites as legitimate targets if they are used to help Ukraine in the war. 

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Ukraine began cooperating with Israel a few days ago with regard to the provision of data on Iranian-made drones.