Russian trolls target U.S. support for Ukraine, Kremlin documents show

Washington Post ^ | 4-8-2024 6:30 a.m. EDT | Catherine Belton, Joseph Menn

[UMCRevMom@aol.com]

When President Biden proposed an additional $24 billion in supplemental funding for Ukraine in August, Moscow spin doctors working for the Kremlin were ready to try to undermine public support for the bill, internal Kremlin documents show.

In an ongoing campaign that seeks to influence congressional and other political debates to stoke anti-Ukraine sentiment, Kremlin-linked political strategists and trolls have written thousands of fabricated news articles, social media posts and comments that promote American isolationism, stir fear over the United States’ border security and attempt to amplify U.S. economic and racial tensions, according to a trove of internal Kremlin documents obtained by a European intelligence service and reviewed by The Washington Post.

One of the political strategists, for instance, instructed a troll farm employee working for his firm to write a comment of “no more than 200 characters in the name of a resident of a suburb of a major city.” The strategist suggested that this fictitious American “doesn’t support the military aid that the U.S. is giving Ukraine and considers that the money should be spent defending America’s borders and not Ukraine’s. He sees that Biden’s policies are leading the U.S. toward collapse.”

The documents — numbering more than 100 and dating between May 2022 and August 2023 — were provided to The Post to expose Kremlin propaganda operations aimed at undermining support for Ukraine in the United States, as well as their scale and methods. The files are part of a series of leaks that have allowed a rare glimpse into Moscow’s parallel efforts to weaken support for Ukraine in France and Germany, as well as destabilize Ukraine itself. -excerpt

[bimboeruption]

Timber Rattler: You see that all the time around here with dodgy pro-Kremlin blogs and vblog sourcing, and supposedly "alternative" news sites, which are generally fake.

MinorityRepublican: If it's up to me and you're posting that kind of link here on FR, I think you should get the zot.

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Why didn't you 2 object when UMCREV was posting Denys Davydov's blog every day? You know, the Ukrainian draft dodger who's reporting on the war from the comfort of his couch in Switzerland and making blood money from his monitized YouTube channel?

After months of complaints from PRO-AMERICAN FReepers, UMCREV was no longer permitted to use his dodgy pro-Uke blog as a source.

[bimboeruption]

>>>>So you’re now trying to change the subject?

Take it over to the Trump-Abortion thread...there’s plenty to talk about there.<<<<

What are you hiding? The fact that you’re a NeverTrumper? That’s no surprise. Aren’t all zeepers? Zeepers will vote for the candidate who promises to pour the most money into Ukraine...BIDEN.

[bimboeruption]

>>>>Just when we thought all the Zeepers were taking the day off, watching the solar eclipse, Mom returns.<<<<

I don’t think the eclipse was visible in Kiev.

[SaveFerris]

I had wondered what Denys Davydov doink

NOW I understand

[Kazan]

Unbelievable. Russia Launched Massive Attack With 48 Tanks & IFVs. Russia Raised Flag At Vodyane.

Operation: CHASIV YAR | Russians Successfully Pierced Through Ukrainian Defense And Entered The City

[Kazan]

Ukraine's Ammunition Crisis Persists as Western Desperation Grows

Update on the conflict in Ukraine for April 8, 2024…

- Ukrainian forces continue losing territory as arms, ammunition, and manpower shortages continue to grow;

- Ammunition "initiatives" across Europe claiming to have found "millions" of artillery rounds gloss over important factors such as caliber, interoperability, and the condition of rounds held in storage;

- At best, the initiatives will temporarily provide Ukraine with enough ammunition to match previous rates of fire, but other critical shortages will continue to grow meaning the vector sum of the fighting will still favor Russian forces;

- Attempts by the US and Europe to intervene in Ukraine as a means of checking Russian advances may end in even worse defeat for the collective West;

- Attempts by Ukraine to target Russian oil refineries have led Western analysts to falsely conflate fuel export bans with perceived damage and repair efforts;

- Claims that Russia is unable to repair energy production infrastructure are based on the same flawed reasoning that led many Western analysts to assume Russia's military industrial base would be crippled following Western sanctions;

[MotorCityBuck]

Trump and Putin look out for the best interest of their countries.
Get Stuffed pal. Trump 2024 Putin 2024

[Darksheare]

The zeeper premise is false.
The premise is that everyone who doesn’t support the war adventure MUST be Russian Trolls.
And that is why I laugh at you all.

[MotorCityBuck]

LOL! Thanks that meme always makes my day with these Ukie Clowns. Always makes my Day!
Good to have Psycho Mommy back. The "Yawn" must have lasted longer than usual as It's been missing for a few days. ;)

[cowboyusa]

I You get stuffed. I don’t care about Russia, Ukraine or even Israel to that extent. My concern is about defeating marxism here. Putin is not an American, and he didn’t dare do anything when Trump was President. President will restore America to the number one oil producer again. America First and number one!

[tennmountainman]

You are crying again Canuck.

[Darksheare]

You are free to volunteer and show us all what a joke Russia is, be home by Christmas and all that.

[tennmountainman]

Hopefully Denys Davydov, a Ukie Commercial Pilot, is now training in one of
the few F-16’s. Would not hurt my feelings if he got a rocket up his tail pipe.

[Allegra]

If you disagree with American Tax Dollars Being Given To the Ukies, You Are A Troll.

And a Russian. A Bolshevik. A war criminal. And those are only a few of the insane insults the zeepers hiss at us.

[rxh4n1]

Using The Washington Post as a source is no way to win friends here.

[rxh4n1]

“You are free to volunteer and show us all what a joke Russia is, be home by Christmas and all that.”

He won’t, but he’s hot to send our kids.

[Darksheare]

Yup, kinda noticed that.
A rather defining characteristic of the zeeper is that they will rabidly demand money from us and that our families fight their war adventure while they don’t have to do anything at all.

[Bikkuri]

"But if you're calling the Ukrainians neo-Nazi, it's obvious that you're working for the Kremlin ."

[freeandfreezing]

If you don't care who wins, you aren't thinking clearly.

If Ukraine wins Russia becomes much less of a threat to the USA. That allows us to cut future defense spending.

If Russia wins they may decide to continue their attacks on their neighbors. When they decide to take Estonia, or another NATO member then it will be American kids fighting in the trenches in Europe, not Ukrainians.

And the USA will spend a lot more money when we are fighting Russia than what supporting Ukraine with mostly surplus equipment costs.

[Darksheare]

Can you guys make up your mind?

Either Russia isn’t a threat at all because Ukraine is going Ghost of Kiev on them and winning while Russia is pathetic because they’re sooooooo incompetent or they’re actually beating the snot out of Ukraine.
So which is it?

Either way it isn’t our problem.
Let the eurotrash deal with it, after all they smugly told us how much smarter they are.