# Former Zelensky spokeswoman says Kiev should beg Moscow for peace to save Ukraine

https://mins.news/en/item/28555

- TASS, 2026-08-21 15:19 UTC
- World
- Original: https://tass.com/world/2176215

> Former Zelensky spokeswoman Yulia Mendel said Ukraine should beg Russia for peace to save the country. Citing closed Black Sea ports and soaring fuel prices, she called peace a matter of Ukraine’s “survival” and said Zelensky’s stubbornness was causing the country to collapse further.

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