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."
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