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Volodymyr Zelensky has sanctioned his former press secretary, who claimed without evidence that he had a drug habit.

Iuliia Mendel, who lives in the US and has become a critic of the Ukrainian president in recent months, worked as his aide from June 2019 to July 2021.

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