Euronews: Putin seeks Ukraine summit with Trump and Xi but refuses talks with Zelenskyy

Lehrer score 64/100 (−18 unnamed source/unsourced figure: “Citing people familiar with the discussions, the Wall Street Journal reported” [named support in the piece: Peskov and Rubio on record]; −18 unnamed source/unsourced figure: “The Trump administration even reportedly threatened to suspend intelligence-sharing and weapons deliveries”). Fixed scale: 90+ A, 80s B, 70s C, 60s D, under 60 F → D.

Relies on WSJ's unnamed sourcing

Agrees: Proposal first raised in Oct. 9 Putin-Trump call

Splits: Centers Ukrainian and EU objections

• Broken. Lehrer: no anonymous sources except on rare occasions (core claim has named support, so the lesser deduction applies) (“Citing people familiar with the discussions, the Wall Street Journal reported”)
• Broken. Lehrer Rule 1: doing nothing you can't defend (accuracy / sourcing of figures) (“The Trump administration even reportedly threatened to suspend intelligence-sharing and weapons deliveries”)

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Same story: The Washington Post, The Daily Wire

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