RT by @mikenov: RT by @mikenov: 🇺🇦 Zelensky’s own former press secretary just torched him publicly Iuliia Mendel ran his messaging 2019-2021. Now she’s telling French media the war made him: cancelled elections, unlimited power, a country that got flattened into one guy’s face on TV. She points at Mindich, Zelensky’s so-called “wallet,” now the name at the center of Ukraine’s corruption scandal, caught on tape haggling over billions in defense money. One catch worth knowing: Mendel left before the invasion even started, and her last big interview got slammed in Ukraine for sounding a lot like Kremlin talking points. Insider account, or just someone with an axe to grind getting a platform?

🇺🇦 Zelensky’s own former press secretary just torched him publicly

Iuliia Mendel ran his messaging 2019-2021. Now she’s telling French media the war made him:

cancelled elections, unlimited power, a country that got flattened into one guy’s face on TV.

She points at Mindich, Zelensky’s so-called “wallet,” now the name at the center of Ukraine’s corruption scandal, caught on tape haggling over billions in defense money.

One catch worth knowing: Mendel left before the invasion even started, and her last big interview got slammed in Ukraine for sounding a lot like Kremlin talking points.

Insider account, or just someone with an axe to grind getting a platform?

The corruption case behind it is real either way.

Source: Le Journal du Dimanche / Writer: Oliver

— @MarioNawfal Aug 2, 2026