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Former Zelensky spokesperson Mendel said she could face charges of high treason.
Former spokesperson of the President of Ukraine, Yulia Mendel, said that criminal proceedings could be opened against her under the article on treason. According to her, this is related to her public calls to end the war.
Mendel said this in a new interview with American journalist Tucker Carlson.
According to the former press secretary, Volodymyr Zelensky ordered a so-called linguistic examination to be conducted regarding her. She claims the study is still ongoing, and if it is completed, she could face charges of treason.
“Zelensky ordered to conduct the so-called linguistic examination... This examination is still ongoing. If it is completed, I am facing charges of state treason,” Mendel said.
She links possible criminal persecution to her calls to stop the war. Mendel said that in her view Zelensky does not want anyone talking about peace.
“For him, ending this war would be political suicide. He will not stay in power. This war gives him money, gives him power, gives him red carpets and the fame he enjoys,” she said.
Mendel also said that such policy, in her view, is “absolutely suicidal” for Ukraine.
Separately, the former press secretary confirmed recent media reports that Zelensky was considering holding elections and tried to strike deals with potential competitors so they would not participate.
“I’ll tell an insider, which has already come out today, but I knew about it earlier. In July or June Zelensky was thinking about holding elections, but in reality he did not want free elections. He wanted them to be engineered,” Mendel said.
According to her, Zelensky invited former Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces Valeriy Zaluzhnyi and the head of the Office of the President, Kyrylo Budanov. Mendel claims the president offered them not to run for the position of head of state, but to support him as the sole candidate of a potential alliance.
“At least one of them refused,” Mendel said, presumably referring to Zaluzhnyi.
She also said Zelensky allegedly realized he would lose the elections. According to Mendel, public statements about the impossibility of voting due to a large number of Ukrainians abroad, the impossibility of voting by soldiers on the front, and shelling, are explanations to society.
“He will find any excuse to explain to the public why elections are impossible,” the former presidential press secretary said.
Mendel also stated that Zelensky “is saving himself at the expense of thousands of Ukrainian lives.”
In addition, she claims that Andriy Yermak continues to advise Zelensky and meet with him in a home setting. According to Mendel, Yermak allegedly counsels the president to continue the war for another 2 years.
“Yermak, who still advises Volodymyr Zelensky and meets with him at home, said it would be better to simply continue the war for the next two years, because Zelensky, Yermak, and his government are sure that military aid for the next two years has already been allocated,” Mendel said.
In her view, for the Administration the war is “just business, a business at the cost of blood.”
Earlier Zelensky imposed sanctions against Mendel. Before that, her name was added to the Mirotvorets database.
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