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How Iuliia Mendel went from defending Zelensky to echoing Kremlin-friendly narratives

Iuliia Mendel has been all-in in her attempt to discredit her former boss, President Volodymyr Zelensky, calling him "a dictator" and "the greatest obstacle to peace" in Ukraine. Mendel's transformation is mesmerizing. Just four years after publishing a book heaping praise on Zelensky, the former press secretary appeared on right-wing U.S. podcaster Tucker Carlson's show on May 11, speaking on how her home country is corrupt, the president may be a drug addict, and speculated that he was willi

Iuliia Mendel during a briefing at the Presidential Administration in Kyiv, Ukraine, on June 6, 2019.

Ukraine war latest: Ukraine targets 3 major Russian energy facilities overnight

Key developments on May 13: * Ukraine targets 3 major Russian energy facilities overnight * Russia launches over 800 drones in daytime mass attack on Ukraine, at least 6 killed * Moscow bans publication of Ukrainian drone strike damage without official permission * Major fire reportedly breaks out at tourist complex in Moscow Ukraine struck the Tamanneftegaz oil terminal, the Yaroslavl oil refinery, and the Astrakhan gas processing plant in Russia overnight on May 13, the General Staff con

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Who is winning? Since the launch of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the information space around the war has been obsessed with this deceptively simple question, and the constant new iterations of answers to it. In the hands of those fighting the narrative war, from officials on both sides, online cheerleaders, armchair generals, and a certain world leader who likes to talk about who has the cards, the answers differ radically, but all are delivered with consistent venom, emotion, and

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