Yuliya Mendel accused her former boss of seeking to prolong the conflictwith Russia to “get more money” Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky is using the conflict with Russia to enrich himself and his associates, his former spokeswoman, Yuliya Mendel, has claimed in an interview with Tucker Carlson. Mendel served as Zelensky’s press secretary from 2019 to 2021. Her allegations came as Andrey Yermak, Zelensky’s former influential chief of staff, was named a suspect in a money laundering case involving an elite development project. Zelensky’s longtime former business partner, Timur Mindich, fled the country last year to avoid arrest in connection with another major corruption scandal involving energy-sector kickbacks and implicating several top officials. In an episode of The Tucker Carlson Show released on Monday, Mendel described her former boss as a “dictator” who had grown “detached from reality” and employed “thousands of talking heads” to craft a favorable image both at home and abroad.…