The European Commission is planning to soon submit a proposal to the Council of the EU to amend the Draft EU Common Position for Cluster 5, taking into account the proposed special conditions for Ukrainian agriculture.

The European Commission has published its annual enlargement package, assessing the progress of 10 EU candidate countries and placing Ukraine among the four countries that have made the greatest progress.

A meeting to discuss security guarantees for Ukraine, announced by US Presidential Special Envoy Steve Witkoff, will be held at the European Commission headquarters in Brussels on 4 November, ahead of talks involving Russia in Abu Dhabi.

NATO has confirmed an upcoming meeting in Belgium between Alliance representatives and officials from France, Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States to discuss security guarantees for Ukraine.

Ukraine will be able to receive the 500 Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) interceptor missiles for its Patriot air defence systems between the fourth quarter of 2030 and the fourth quarter of 2033.

The European Commission has proposed disbursing €8.04 billion to Ukraine under the Ukraine Facility programme, €264.6 million less than Kyiv requested, because it has not fully met requirements concerning supervisory boards at state-owned businesses and preparations to liberalise the energy market.

The next meeting of the Ukraine Defence Contact Group in the Ramstein format will take place on 17 November at NATO headquarters in Brussels.

The European Commission does not currently plan to include indicative dates for the conclusion of accession negotiations in the roadmaps for Ukraine and Moldova.

Hungary refused to approve the screening results for negotiating clusters 4 and 5 within the framework of Ukraine's EU accession negotiations during a meeting of the Working Party on Enlargement and Countries Negotiating Accession to the EU (COELA) in Brussels on Tuesday 27 October.

Meanwhile, presidential adviser Dmytro Lytvyn has not yet confirmed Zelenskyy's trip to Brussels in response to journalists' questions due to a change in US plans.

Pedro Lourtie, Head of the Cabinet of the President of the European Council António Costa, presented plans for upcoming European Council meetings to EU ambassadors on 21 October, including a special meeting dedicated to the EU budget and funding for Ukraine.

The European Commission expects the US delegation to brief it on the outcome of US special envoy Steve Witkoff's meeting with Kremlin ruler Vladimir Putin in St Petersburg, with one of the key issues being the possibility of Ukraine and Russia sitting down at the same negotiating table.

Territorial issues, security and Ukraine's post-war prosperity were the main topics discussed by Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Steve Witkoff and European representatives during their talks in Oslo on 20 October.

Kaja Kallas has said US negotiators have been trying to push Ukraine into surrender on Russian leader Vladimir Putin's terms for a year and a half, but Ukraine has not surrendered thanks to Europe's support.

European Pravda has learned that the European Union and NATO will send senior representatives to the Oslo talks, which will be attended by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and US envoy Steve Witkoff.