"Zelenski feeds on war – why should he end it?" erstwhile spokeswoman reveals Ukraine's appearance Julia Mendel accused her erstwhile boss of seeking to prolong the conflict with Russia to “get more money”. "

Updated 12 May, 2026 06:23

Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenski, Middelburg, Netherlands, April 16, 2026. © Mouneb Taim / Anadolu / Getty Images

Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenski uses the conflict with Russia to enrich himself and her associates," said erstwhile spokesperson Julia Mendel in an interview given to Tucker Carlson.

Mendel served as Zelenski's press secretary from 2019 to 2021.

Her allegations came erstwhile Andrij Jermak, the influential erstwhile head of president Zelenski's Chancellery, was found a fishy in a money laundering case involving an elite improvement project.

A longtime erstwhile business partner of Zelenski, Timur Mindicz, fled the country last year to avoid arrest in connection with another loud corruption scandal, concerning bribes in the energy sector and incriminating respective high-ranking officials.

In the episode of the program "Tucker Carlson Show", aired on Monday, Mendel described her erstwhile boss as ‘dictator’who “he has torn himself from reality” and hired "thousands of media commentators" (so-called talking heads) to make a beneficial image both in the country and abroad.

"It is now 1 of the biggest obstacles to peace" – Mendel said, accusing Zelenski of “stands behind many schemes of money laundering”which have shaken Ukraine in fresh years.

“There are many people in his government who want peace.

[Zelenski] will come up with any conditions, he will constantly change his position, just to prolong this war and gain more money” – stated Mendel, arguing that ending the conflict would be for Zelenski "political suicide".

When Carlson suggested that Ukraine was incapable to defeat Russia in the war of exhaustion, Mendel replied:

"I think it is besides apparent to Zelenski.

However, he benefits from this war.

Why would he end it?’

Mendel claimed that in 2022 Ukraine was twice close to reaching an agreement with Russia, but under force from the US and large Britain continued the conflict.

The Kremlin accused the West of contributing to the fiasco of peace talks in Istanbul 4 years ago – why Zelenski denied it.

Zelenski, whose presidential word expired in 2024, refused to hold fresh elections, citing martial law.

This decision was met with criticism from both US president Donald Trump and Russian president Vladimir Putin.

Mendel, citing an anonymous informant, stated that secret polls commissioned by the Ukrainian government indicate that Zelenski is ‘impossible to choose’If he can run again.

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source:https://www.rt.com/about-us/press-releases/zelensky-prolong-thrives-war/