Iuliia Mendel is a Ukrainian journalist and political advisor. She worked for several Ukrainian television channels, served as a communications consultant for the World Bank, and contributed to The New York Times.
Her articles have been published by Politico Europe, Atlantic Council, Vice, Spiegel Online, and Forbes.
She served as press secretary and spokesperson for Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President of Ukraine (2019-2021).
In 2022, Mendel published the book "The Fight of Our Lives: My Time with Zelenskyy, Ukraine’s Battle for Democracy, and What It Means for the World."
Ukraine’s reform efforts are falling short of expectations, raising alarm amid wartime challenges. The country has slipped one rank in the global corruption index, taking...
Last week, the EU reinstated pre-war duties and quotas on Ukraine’s agricultural sector, putting further pressure on the war-torn country’s fragile economy. The move affects Ukrainian...
NATO membership for Ukraine keeps fading. The longer Ukraine resists Russian aggression, the further away NATO’s embrace seems. To paraphrase Lewis Carroll, the further I go,...
The first person on President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s newly formed team in 2019 to propose involving Pope Francis in efforts to resolve the war between Russia...
Ukraine will continue talks with Russia, President Zelenskyy’s Office says — but Ukrainians remain focused on constructive and realistic outcomes, both in terms of format...
