Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and American actor Brad Pitt.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and American actor Brad Pitt.
  • A  Putin official aiming to tarnish President Zelenskyy's image likened him to Brad Pitt.
  • Documents reviewed by the Washington Post reveal Kremlin efforts to sow discord among Ukrainians.
  • The Kremlin use disinformation campaigns and social media manipulation.

A Moscow official complained that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was like Hollywood actor Brad Pitt, a global star with an image that couldn't be sullied, the Washington Post reports.

The frustrated exchange was archived in a cache of more than 100 Kremlin propaganda documents reviewed by the Washington Post.