Russian propaganda fakes front pages of global media outlets about Zelensky after Mendel interview
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> Disinformation is spreading on social media about alleged new front pages of several international media outlets featuring quotes from an interview given by Zelensky’s former press secretary Yuliia Mendel to American pro-Russian blogger Tucker Carlson.
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> In particular, Russian bloggers on Telegram, as well as accounts on X and Facebook, have circulated screenshots of supposed front pages from Germany’s Bild, Britain’s Liverpool Echo, Portugal’s Público, France’s Ouest-France, and Israel’s The Jerusalem Post. These fake covers contain headlines with unflattering quotes allegedly attributed to Mendel about Volodymyr Zelensky, including claims about his supposed “drug addiction.” This is one of the recurring fake narratives used by Russian propaganda as part of its disinformation campaign against the Ukrainian President.
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> It should be noted that Yuliia Mendel served as press secretary to President Volodymyr Zelensky from 2019 to 2021. In her interview with Tucker Carlson, she claimed, among other things, that during negotiations in Istanbul in 2022, Ukraine had allegedly been prepared to give up Donbas.
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> Later, Dmytro Lytvyn, communications adviser to President Zelensky denied this claim. Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Ruslan Stefanchuk also stressed that President Zelensky had never considered surrendering Ukrainian people or territory as a path to peace.
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> Mendel made her statements on the platform of far-right American blogger Tucker Carlson, known for his consistently anti-Ukrainian rhetoric, justification of Russian aggression, and sharp criticism of military aid to Ukraine. Carlson has repeatedly visited Russia, where he recorded a lengthy favorable interview with Russian dictator Vladimir Putin and “Russian world” ideologue Alexander Dugin.
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> Disinformation is spreading on social media about alleged new front pages of several international media outlets featuring quotes from an interview given by Zelensky’s former press secretary Yuliia Mendel to American pro-Russian blogger Tucker Carlson.
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> In particular, Russian bloggers on Telegram, as well as accounts on X and Facebook, have circulated screenshots of supposed front pages from Germany’s Bild, Britain’s Liverpool Echo, Portugal’s Público, France’s Ouest-France, and Israel’s The Jerusalem Post. These fake covers contain headlines with unflattering quotes allegedly attributed to Mendel about Volodymyr Zelensky, including claims about his supposed “drug addiction.” This is one of the recurring fake narratives used by Russian propaganda as part of its disinformation campaign against the Ukrainian President.
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> It should be noted that Yuliia Mendel served as press secretary to President Volodymyr Zelensky from 2019 to 2021. In her interview with Tucker Carlson, she claimed, among other things, that during negotiations in Istanbul in 2022, Ukraine had allegedly been prepared to give up Donbas.
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> Later, Dmytro Lytvyn, communications adviser to President Zelensky denied this claim. Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Ruslan Stefanchuk also stressed that President Zelensky had never considered surrendering Ukrainian people or territory as a path to peace.
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> Mendel made her statements on the platform of far-right American blogger Tucker Carlson, known for his consistently anti-Ukrainian rhetoric, justification of Russian aggression, and sharp criticism of military aid to Ukraine. Carlson has repeatedly visited Russia, where he recorded a lengthy favorable interview with Russian dictator Vladimir Putin and “Russian world” ideologue Alexander Dugin.
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