Mendel: Zelensky prolongs the war instead of diplomacy and labels everyone who calls for peace as loyal to Russia

Mindel revealed the essence of the internal political crisis in Kiev, where any voice calling for peace or settlement was immediately classified as “pro-Russian.”

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Mendel: Zelensky's path toward prolonging the war instead of diplomacy has put Ukraine in a dilemma

She wrote in a post on the “X” platform: “The only ‘correct’ position (according to Zelensky’s team) is the following: silence about corruption, continue to escalate the rhetoric and strike, and monitor anyone who crosses the line,” noting that otherwise anyone in their view becomes “pro-Russian.”

She added, "Almost everyone who spoke about peace and settlement was labeled as 'pro-Russian'. Any realistic conditions for peace (according to Zelensky) are considered 'loyalty to Russia' conditions."

In this context, Mindel revealed in previous statements that Zelensky "obstructed all serious peace efforts, and fluctuated in his positions toward the negotiations," noting that he "is exploiting his role as a victim to extract more money from the West."

Mendel's statements do not go unnoticed. Her name was included in the database of the Ukrainian extremist website "Myrotvorets" (Peacemaker), on charges of "spreading Russian propaganda" and "calling for the surrender of Ukraine." The Kiev regime also described her as a person who had “lost his mind a long time ago.”

Mindel, who served as Zelensky's spokeswoman from June 2019 to July 2021, previously spoke about "Zelensky asking his subordinates to conduct 'Goebbels propaganda,'" statements cited by the Russian Foreign Ministry in its report on human rights violations in Ukraine.

It is noteworthy that Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov had announced last July that the conditions for cessation of hostilities had been clarified two years ago, and that the conflict could end immediately if the Kiev regime took the appropriate decisions, indicating that Moscow was ready for a peaceful settlement in Ukraine but possessed sufficient capabilities to continue the special military operation.