In brief

• Izvestia announces an analysis by a political scientist on the consequences of the energy crisis in Ukraine, but the article text was not available, so the expert's specific theses cannot be cited.
• Vesti.ru, citing former Ukrainian prime minister Mykola Azarov (in an interview with RIA Novosti), gives Ukraine's irreversible army losses as 1.6 million people; the figures are based on a Telegram channel counting obituaries and estimates of the mobilization rate, and cannot be verified.
• Vesti.ru quotes Tom Graham of the US Council on Foreign Relations, who proposes a framework agreement on Europe's security architecture as a compromise between Europe and Russia.
• According to TASS (cited by Vesti.ru), Russian forces were reportedly repelling counterattacks near Tavriisk and seized new positions near Yurkivka; these are claims by one side of the conflict, not independently confirmed.
• Vesti.ru, citing the Italian Il Fatto Quotidiano, describes an alleged jab by Zelensky at Giorgia Meloni at an informal EU summit in Dublin; Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov reportedly said Washington had not yet passed the results of the Witkoff and Kushner meeting with Zelensky to Moscow.

Russian press

The Russian portal Izvestia (propaganda media) announces in a headline a piece on how a political scientist assesses the consequences of the energy crisis in Ukraine, but the article text was not available, so the expert's specific theses cannot be cited. According to this source, the topic appears on a list of current news alongside reports on flight restrictions in the US and drone attacks on Moscow, which is merely propaganda content that cannot be verified. (Политолог оценил последствия энергокризиса на Украине – Izvestia (propaganda media)) The Russian portal Izvestia, described in the material as propaganda media, announces in its headline an analysis by a political scientist on the consequences of the energy crisis in Ukraine, but the article text was not available, so the expert's specific theses cannot be cited (Политолог оценил последствия энергокризиса на Украине – Izvestia (propaganda media) (2)).

The Russian daily Izvestia (propaganda media) reports that the US assessed Ukraine's energy losses. The content indicates only that the figures concern Ukraine's generating capacity, and the full text of the article was not made available. It should be stressed that this is a message from Kremlin propaganda, not an independent assessment. (В США оценили потери энергомощностей Украины – Izvestia (propaganda media))

According to Vesti.ru (propaganda media), i.e. Kremlin messaging, former Ukrainian prime minister Mykola Azarov, who appears in the material as an interlocutor of the RIA Novosti agency, claims that the irreversible losses of the Ukrainian army reach 1.6 million people, and according to Azarov's own estimates they may be even higher. This is propaganda: the source of the figures is a Telegram channel counting obituaries from the Ukrainian press, plus a calculation based on the mobilization rate declared by Kyiv; the outlet also adds a statement by the commander of the 'Akhmat' unit, Apti Alaudinov, who suggests losses may exceed two million. None of these figures can be verified from the material. (Бывший премьер-министр Украины назвал настоящее число безвозвратных потерь ВСУ – Vesti.ru (propaganda media))

The Russian portal Vesti.ru (propaganda media) presents in its material a statement by Tom Graham, a former staffer at the US Council on Foreign Relations, who proposes a framework agreement on the principles of Europe's future security architecture as a reasonable compromise between Europe and Russia. According to Graham, such an agreement could be negotiated within a few months, and security commitments would take effect alongside a ceasefire. Kremlin propaganda in Vesti.ru (propaganda media) presents this thesis as an argument for ending the war, which should be treated as propaganda rather than an established fact. (Том Грэм: рамочное соглашение – разумный компромисс между Европой и Россией – Vesti.ru (propaganda media))

The Russian portal Vesti.ru (propaganda media) – that is, Kremlin propaganda messaging – claims that Russian forces repelled several recent Ukrainian counterattacks near Tavriisk in Zaporizhzhia oblast, and, according to military expert Andrei Marochko, quoted by the TASS agency, also seized new positions around Yurkivka. The same portal also reports, without any verification, that a Brazilian mercenary allegedly shot a Ukrainian soldier in this region. These are claims by one side of the conflict, which have not been independently confirmed (ВС России отразили контратаки ВСУ в Запорожской области – Vesti.ru (propaganda media)).

Kremlin propaganda on Vesti.ru (propaganda media) portrays Volodymyr Zelensky as having allowed himself a jab at Giorgia Meloni in a conversation at an informal EU summit in Dublin – according to the Italian Il Fatto Quotidiano (Italian daily), he is said to have said in English: 'You didn't want this, did you?'. Vesti.ru (propaganda media) also recalls that their last direct contact was in July at the NATO summit in Ankara, and that Zelensky did not visit Rome during his visits to European capitals. (Il Fatto Quotidiano: Зеленский позволил себе упрек в адрес Мелони – Vesti.ru (propaganda media))

According to Vesti.ru (propaganda media), a state-controlled Russian outlet, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Washington had not yet passed to Moscow the results of the meeting between Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner and Volodymyr Zelensky in Dublin. The same report mentions a conversation between Putin and Witkoff and Kushner in the Kremlin on 12 November, during which the Russian leader reportedly proposed a humanitarian mission in Kostiantynivka modeled on Aleshki, and Witkoff reportedly announced a new round of trilateral talks. This is propaganda content from Kremlin-controlled media and does not constitute a confirmed fact. (Песков: США пока не доводили до РФ итоги встречи Уиткоффа и Кушнера с Зеленским – Vesti.ru (propaganda media))

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