I‘m not a fan of how Daniil speaks of Evgenia but I don‘t think he‘d lie about this. He‘d have to hide from both Zhenya AND Eteri if he intentionally spread wrong information.
No, for once, what he says actually makes sense.
Zhenya returned to training in late October but even then she only trained on ice for about an hour. That‘s only one month until Rostelecom, where she couldn’t even train fully. Not enough time to prepare, even if she was healthy. Which she isn‘t. So, I‘m pretty sure she‘ll withdraw. I just hope they do it soon, otherwise she‘ll just get hated on again for not giving someone else the chance...