Zelensky’s Press Secretary Reveals All: Cocaine, Cover-ups, and the Only Obstacle Preventing Peace

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🗓️ 11 May 2026

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Corruption, drugs and greed: Volodymyr Zelensky’s longtime press secretary on the secret world of the West’s favorite dictator. (00:00) How Did Mendel Begin Working for Zelensky? (36:44) Who Does Zelensky Actually Listen To? (50:17) Why Hasn’t Western Media Spoken up for Ukrainians? (1:09:16) Does Zelensky Do Coke? (1:13:04) What’s Zelensky’s Wife Like? Ex-Spokesperson for President Zelenskyy | Insider scoops from Kyiv’s frontlines Writing a bold new exposé on the real story behind the scenes. Byline: NYT, Politico, WaPo. X: @IuliiaMendel IG: @iuliia_mendel Paid partnerships with: Good Ranchers: Start your plan today and you'll get FREE meat included with every order PLUS $100 off your first three orders. Use code TUCKER at https://go.goodranchers.com/tucker American Financing: NMLS 182334, nmlsconsumeraccess.org. APR for rates in the 5s start at 6.327% for well qualified borrowers. Call 800-685-5696 for details about credit costs and terms. Visit http://www.AmericanFinancing.net/Tucker. Last Country Supply: No one knows what will happen next. Make sure you’re prepared at https://lastcountrysupply.com/tucker Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:32.6	thank you for doing this um i'm amazed i never thought i would speak to anyone uh around selensky so and i know you for doing this. I'm amazed. I never thought I would speak to anyone around Zelensky,
0:40.6	and I knew you're doing this at some great risks yourself, so thank you very much. So you were
0:45.4	President Zelensky's press secretary. Yes, first of all, thank you for having me, and I never
0:51.6	expected to see myself here talking about my former boss,
0:55.2	Volodymyr Zelensky. I used to work for him for two years since 2019 until 2021.
1:02.2	How did you wind up working for him? Well, Volodym Rzalensky announced the job via
1:10.2	Facebook and everybody started applying.
1:13.2	And I didn't want to apply first because I thought he would take someone, you know, nepotically.
1:19.2	But there was an open application, and I won through 4,000 of applicants.
1:25.5	It's not a joke.
1:27.3	And then actually, I need to prove myself that I can do a job
1:30.7	and that he can trust me. But yeah, we found the common ground. And I think I was very faithful
1:36.6	towards him, you know. Yes. And I supported him. And I supported him in 2022 when Russia made its large-scale invasion.
1:48.4	As millions of Ukrainians, I was grateful that he stayed in the country.
1:51.7	Yes.
1:52.5	That's why it's so strange and desperate for me to be here and to talk who he really is.
1:58.8	I don't have personal vendetta, but I believe that he is one of
2:03.2	the biggest obstacles towards peace today. So I wanted to tell the people who he is.
2:09.5	Who is he?
2:13.0	First of all, he's not a person whom you see on camera. He's a very different person.
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