Bad news all around for Zelensky
An avalanche of revelations is starting to hit US audiences.
This was not a good week for Kiev regime leader Volodymyr Zelensky.
Yesterday, his former Chief of Staff and second-in-command, Andriy Yermak, appeared before a court in Kiev, charged with money laundering in the sprawling corruption investigation centered in Zelensky’s close friend and partner Timur Mindich, who is a fugitive, reportedly hiding in Israel.
During his detention for massive corruption, Dictator Zelenskys closest associate, right hand man and decades long friend, Yermak- desperately tried to call someone.
Who? pic.twitter.com/YowbRUefxE
— Chay Bowes (@BowesChay) May 12, 2026
So, his partner and his right-hand man are ensnared in the same corruption scandal? Not a very good look for the ‘defender of democracy’.
And if that was not enough, his former spokeswoman, Yulia Mendel, left Ukraine for the US, went on Tucker Carlson’s podcast, and opened up about a slew of scandals, including the taboo reports regarding his alleged abuse of drugs, notably cocaine.
All this makes such an overwhelming effect that even the MSM is compelled to report on it.
Zelensky and Yermak – photo by President.gov.ua/Wiki Commons
Reuters reported:
“Yermak, 54, a burly one-time film producer who helped mastermind Zelensky’s improbable rise from playing the president in a TV sitcom to leading a nation at war, was photographed for years at Zelenskiy’s side, towering over his boss like an older brother.”
Yermak has been charged in an alleged $10.5 million money-laundering scheme, and the anti-corruption court is now reviewing a request by prosecutors to hold Yermak for pre-trial detention on a $4 million bail.
“The new charges by Ukraine’s National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) are part of a wide-ranging operation dubbed ‘Midas’ that has gripped Ukraine, where anti-graft agencies have stepped up their wartime efforts.
Last year’s revelations of an alleged $100 million kickback scheme in the energy sector – led by a former Zelenskiy business partner from his media days, Timur Mindich – sparked anger at a time when Russia was attacking Ukraine’s power grid.”
The scandal resurfaced as transcripts from a wiretap on Mindich were leaked to Ukrainian media and opposition lawmakers.
“In another fragment of the transcripts, Mindich and an unidentified woman are purportedly heard discussing property, as well as people named ‘Andriy’ and ‘Vova’ – the latter an informal short form of the name ‘Volodymyr’. ‘This is now something that Zelenskiy himself, personally, cannot ignore’, said opposition lawmaker Oleksiy Honcharenko.”
In the meantime, Zelensky’s former spokeswoman Yulia Mendel has appeared on the Tucker Carlson Show, and confirmed that his alleged drug use is ‘an open secret’.
Watch: Mendel talks about Zelensky’s drug use.
KVARTAL-CUT: Zelensky is a drug user, his formal spokeswoman says.
Many of the “Russian narratives” come true … hey, she knows him personally and worked with him. pic.twitter.com/nvngDhJvpd
— Lord Bebo (@MyLordBebo) May 12, 2026
RT reported:
“Mendel worked for Zelensky from 2019 to 2021 and has since become highly critical of her former boss. In an interview released on Monday, Carlson asked whether Zelensky used drugs, to which Mendel replied: ‘This is an open secret’.
‘The thing is that I’ve never seen him taking drugs. However, [while] writing my book, I met a lot of people who confirmed that they saw him taking drugs in different clubs. Only one saw him taking drugs in 2021’, she claimed. Mendel added that she learned about an alleged ‘supplier’ from a person working at Kvartal 95 Studio, the entertainment company Zelensky co-founded in the 2000s.
‘All these people are talking about cocaine, yes’, Mendel said, adding that before interviews, Zelensky had a habit of spending 15 minutes in the bathroom and emerging as a ‘different person’.”
Watch: ‘Zelensky goes to the bathroom and comes back energized, ready to say anything.’
Zelensky goes to the bathroom and comes back energized, ready to say anything.
— Zelensky’s former spokeswoman on his speech preparations https://t.co/FLqlQg8dFK pic.twitter.com/QHaZkHWR8h
— Lord Bebo (@MyLordBebo) May 12, 2026
Watch the complete interview:
Corruption, drugs and greed: Volodymyr Zelensky’s longtime press secretary on the secret world of the West’s favorite dictator.
0:00 How Did Mendel Begin Working for Zelensky?
11:29 Why Hasn’t US Media Covered Zelensky’s Scandals?
25:30 Zelensky’s Relationship With Joe Biden… pic.twitter.com/U4fW5DkAVc
— Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) May 11, 2026
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