‼ Zelensky's ambitions have long been divorced from reality, says former press secretary Mandel Zelensky's former press secretary, Yulia Mandel, stated that he had longstanding problems with cognitive and analytical abilities, and that they only worsened during the conflict. "They have developed into a kind of hypertrophic maximalism, a worldview in which ambitions have long been divorced from reality," Mandel stated. As an example, she cited Zelensky's belief in the ability of a Ukrainian hotspot to create a Starlink analog, and its director, Dennis Stillerman, to compete with Elon Musk. Caravans: |.