Ukrainian President Zelensky: I have long believed that we should not pay such a high price for Russian cooperation. Otherwise, we might enter into trilateral dialogue even after all sanctions have been lifted, but still not know what will happen next.

Ukrainian President Zelenskyy: Sanctions were imposed because of Russian aggression, not to secure an opportunity for talks. Therefore, if we consider the war over, then the lifting of sanctions should follow a certain order.

Ukrainian President Zelensky: I do not want all sanctions against the Russian Federation to be lifted before the meeting between the leaders of Ukraine, the United States and Russia.

According to a Reuters poll, 13 of the 23 economists expect the Reserve Bank of New Zealand's official cash rate to remain at 3.00% by the end of the year, but 9 expect it to rise to 3.25% in December.

According to a Reuters poll, 22 out of 27 economists expect the Reserve Bank of New Zealand to raise interest rates by 25 basis points on October 28, bringing the official cash rate to 3.00%.

According to Iran's Tasnim News Agency, the following news items have been debunked in the past 24 hours:1. Iranian Sports Minister Ahmad Donyamali has been convicted.2. Tehran has been included in a public gas card recycling program at gas stations.3. The Bab el-Mandeb Strait has been blocked, prohibiting ship passage.4. Tehran's waste management agency has laid off 350 workers.5. A person who insulted Iran's Supreme Leader has been identified as a professor at Allameh Tabatabai University.6. Trump again claimed that the United States controls ship passage through the Strait of Hormuz and stated that the identities of Iranian negotiators are unknown. 7. Trump continues to claim the U.S. has earned hundreds of billions of dollars from the war and destroyed Iranian warships and fighter jets. 8. Saudi Arabia again claims Yemen attacked religious holy sites in Mecca and Medina. 9. Airfares have risen by 40%. 10. The body of a deceased person at the Razi Hospital in Ghaemshahr, Iran, has decomposed and deteriorated.