Yuliia Volodymyrivna Mendel (Ukrainian: ???? ????????????? ???????) is the press secretary in the administration of Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky.
She had previously worked as a Communications Consultant at the World Bank, and had contributed journalistic reporting for The New York Times.
Mendel had worked as a journalist for several other media outlets that includes work for Politico Europe, the Atlantic Council, Vice, Spiegel Online and Forbes.
Mendel won a competition for press secretary that was announced by Zelensky on 30 April 2019.
Winning from 4,000 other contestants, Mendel was appointed on 3 June 2019.
Journalists of Radio Free Europe have complained Mendel "shoved them away" when trying to approach President Zelensky.
Mendel denied pushing the journalist, but was trying to protect Zelensky’s "personal space."