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Ukrain: Zelensky ready for ‘all-for-all’ prisoner swap

BALI /Indonesia/, November 15. /TASS/. Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky said that the only formula for a prisoner exchange with Russia is "all for all."

"We should unite for the sake of the only possible model of releasing prisoners - ‘all for all’," he said in a video address to the Bali-hosted G20 summit on Tuesday. According to the Ukrainian leader, this exchange should also include those civilians who left for Russia and children whom the Kiev regime calls "displaced persons."

Kherson authorities refute Ukrainian claims of gaining new foothold

GENICHESK, November 15. /TASS/. The press service of Kherson’s regional administration said that information about Ukrainian troops entering the town of Alyoshki on the left bank of the Dnieper River was a fake news item.

On Monday and overnight on Tuesday, Ukrainian media outlets and Telegram channels were writing about alleged successful attempts by Ukraine’s armed forces to gain a foothold on the Dnieper’s left bank. In particular, some media outlets reported that Alyoshki was taken by Ukrainian troops.

Ukrain: Zelensky says it's ‘time to stop hostilities’, but ‘there will be no Minsk-3’

BALI /Indonesia/, November 15. /TASS/. Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky said that it was time to end the Russia-Ukraine conflict, but Kiev will not sign Minsk 3 agreements.

"I am convinced that now is the time when <...> [hostilities] must and can be stopped," he said, speaking via video link to the participants of the G20 summit.

Top Russian lawmaker blames Zelensky for putting Ukraine into debt

MOSCOW, November 14. /TASS/. Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky has made his country bankrupt and deprived its citizens of a future, a top Russian lawmaker said on Monday.

Vyacheslav Volodin, Russian State Duma Speaker, wrote on his Telegram channel, "Today, Kiev is spending more than half of its revenues, or 57.9%, on debt servicing, this is why it is forced to ask for new loans. Ukraine is a bankrupt state."

7 French citizens currently detained in Iran, foreign minister says

13 Nov 2022; MEMO: Two more French citizens have been detained in Iran, bringing the total number of people from France held in the Islamic republic to seven, the country's foreign minister said on Saturday, reports Anadolu Agency.

"We are concerned about two other compatriots and it appears from the last verification that they are also detained," Catherine Colonna told the French daily Le Parisien. "We demand their immediate release, access to consular protection."

FIDE chief Dvorkovich rules Russia out as venue for 2023 World Chess Championship

MOSCOW, November 11. /TASS/: Russia will not be allowed to host the 2023 World Chess Championship due to the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) previously issued recommendations, President of the International Chess Federation (FIDE) Arkady Dvorkovich told TASS on Friday.

Ukraine: Deputy Head of Kherson Region Kirill Stremousov buried in Simferopol

SIMFEROPOL, November 11. /TASS/: Deputy Governor of the Kherson Region Kirill Stremousov was buried on Friday in the central alley of Abdal cemetery in Simferopol, a TASS correspondent reported.

The ceremony was held at the St. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral in the Crimean capital of Simferopol. Family and friends, as well as representatives of government and the public, totaling in 200 people, came to bid farewell. The coffin was opened during the funeral.

Russia: Time for conservative banks long gone — Central Bank chief

MOSCOW, November 11. /TASS/: The time when financial institutions were conservative is over and done with, Governor of the Bank of Russia Elvira Nabiullina said at the Finopolis forum on Friday.

"The time when financial institutions were viewed as very conservative - reliable yet very conservative - organizations is certainly far in the past. Financial organizations are institutions whose competitive advantage is above all, people and technologies," she noted.

Ukrainian shelling damages school building in DPR settlement

DONETSK, November 11. /TASS/: A school and a cultural center were damaged in a Ukrainian shelling attack on the Rozovka settlement in the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), the DPR mission to the Joint Center for Control and Coordination said on Telegram on Friday.

According to the mission, the attack destroyed the roofs and floor slabs of both buildings and damaged their windows.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces fired two HIMARS rockets at Rozovka on Friday. The attack was recorded at 4:50 am.

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