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Iuliia Mendel writes about the Russian invasion and Ukraine’s President Zelensky in her book "The Fight of Our Lives"

By Joe Donahue
Published September 26, 2022 at 11:36 AM EDT
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Iuliia Mendel is a Ukrainian journalist who served as press secretary and spokesperson for Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President of Ukraine, from 2019 until 2021. Her book is "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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