The Kremlin's bot network is spreading articles urging Europe to join Trump in halting aid to Ukraine.

The Kremlin's bot network "Doppelgänger" has begun disseminating pseudo-journalistic articles claiming that U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to freeze aid programs for Ukraine is correct and that Europe should also stop assisting Kyiv.

These articles are published on doppelgänger sites mimicking the German publication Der Spiegel and the French Le Parisien, reports The Insider, referencing the "Bot Blocker" project (antibot4navalny).

The main message conveyed by these articles is that after Trump's decision, financial support for Ukraine will fall on the shoulders of Europeans.

"Germany is faced with a choice: either continue to follow orders from across the ocean, help Ukraine, and increase military spending at the expense of everything else, resulting in further production decline, rising unemployment, and poverty. Or begin to save its own existence, as it is already on the brink of economic catastrophe. Much will depend on the decisions we make on February 23," the fake Spiegel writes.

"The U.S. president is cutting aid to corrupt Ukraine, while Emmanuel Macron is willing to continue destroying his country by sending money to Ukraine. The French should prepare for tough times," states the fake Le Parisien.

These publications are being reposted on Twitter (X) by hundreds of empty bot accounts, accompanied by identical messages: "I am for peace and stability, but not at any cost. We also have to think about our own population," "The U.S. is leaving and leaving Europe to deal with the consequences on its own? That's unfair. We can't bear the entire burden," and so on.

Doppelgänger is a conditional name for a campaign aimed at interfering in the affairs of foreign states, within which a vast number of fake news websites and social media accounts were created.

These sites and accounts spread fake information about individuals or events to benefit the Russian authorities, related to Ukrainian politicians and Russia's armed invasion of Ukraine.

Journalists from the German project Correctiv found evidence linking the Doppelgänger campaign to the Russian government.

One of the information attacks by Doppelgänger was investigated by the French authorities. At the beginning of 2024, they determined that it was backed by IT companies associated with "Rostec" and the psychological operations division of the GRU.

Previously, the European Union imposed sanctions against participants in the digital information manipulation campaign, including officers from the same GRU division.