OriginalSourceThe Kyiv IndependentUkraineLeanCenterCredibilityPublished17:32 UTCRatings: AllSides, MBFCSourceThe Kyiv IndependentUkraineLeanCenterCredibilityPublished17:32 UTCRatings: AllSides, MBFC
“Ukraine charges Zelensky's former press secretary Iuliia Mendel with treason”
“The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) and the Prosecutor General’s Office accused Iuliia Mendel of conducting “information and subversive activities against Ukraine.””
Ukraine charges Mendel with treason in absentia
Key points
- SBU and Prosecutor General's Office charged Iuliia Mendel with treason on Nov. 3.
- Charges allege information and subversive activities and justifying the Kremlin regime.
- Mendel served as Zelensky's press secretary from 2019 to 2021 and is now a critic.
- She has called Zelensky a 'dictator' and made claims echoing Russian narratives.
- Case filed in absentia because Mendel is abroad; guilt must be proven in court.
How it got here
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