UNITED NATIONS, Oct 31 - Russian strikes are inflicting unimaginable suffering on the people of Ukraine and more than 40% of them need humanitarian assistance, a senior U.N. official told the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday.

WASHINGTON, Nov 1 - New Speaker Mike Johnson told Republican senators Wednesday that a fresh Ukraine aid package linked to U.S. border security will come up quickly in the House, as soon as lawmakers wrap up the $14.5 billion Israel aid package that is heading for passage this week.

KYIV, Nov 1 – Russia will probably continue its attempts to destroy the Ukrainian power system, water and heat supply, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said.

KYIV, Nov 1 – President Volodymyr Zelensky called on European Union Commissioner for Energy Kadri Simson during her visit to Kyiv to introduce price caps on Russian gas in Europe in addition to price caps on oil as part of the new sanctions package against Russia.

KYIV, Nov 1 – When finalizing the draft state budget 2023 for the second reading, the government of Ukraine improved the assessment of the hryvnia exchange rate at the end of next year to UAH 45.8/$1 from UAH 50/$1 in the original version, while leaving unchanged the forecast of the average annual exchange rate of UAH 42.2/$1, MP Yaroslav Zhelezniak, the deputy head of the parliamentary committee on finance, tax and customs policy, has said.

KYIV, Nov 1 – French President Emmanuel Macron, during a telephone conversation with President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday, agreed to hold an international conference on assistance to Ukraine in the coming winter in Paris on December 13, the Elysee Palace said on Tuesday.

KYIV, Nov 1 - Ships loaded with grain departed Ukraine on Tuesday despite Russia suspending its participation in a U.N.-brokered deal that ensures safe wartime passage of critical food supplies meant for parts of the world struggling with hunger, The Associated Press reported.

KYIV, Oct 29 – Poland has become the main destination country for labor migrants from Ukraine, according to the publication "Migration in Ukraine: Figures and Facts" prepared by the International Organization for Migration, the United Nations Agency for Migration in Ukraine (IOM).

KYIV, Oct 29 – The President's Office is considering the possibility of resuming financial support for business during a tough lockdown, but its amount may be less than UAH 8,000 paid last spring, Adviser to the President Oleh Ustenko has said.

KYIV, Nov 1 - Ukraine's defense ministry on Monday denied a media report of a Russian military buildup near its border, saying it had not observed an increase in forces or weaponry, Reuters reported.