LYING PUTIN'S CELEBRITY PSYCH OUT

Using bots to pretend stars support his war

DESPERATE Russian despot Vladimir Putin has unleashed an online army of social media bots to put lies in the mouths of celebrities in a ham-fisted bid to convince citizens of the Western world and his own faltering followers -to abandon their support of war-torn Ukraine, experts dish.

More than 28 months after the dictator's troops invaded their neighboring country, sources sneer the peeved president ordered a vast propaganda campaign, which falsely attributes cringe-worthy pro-Russian statements to stars such as Friends beauty Jennifer Aniston, Maleficent movie witch Angelina Jolie, pop legend Elton John, soccer stud Lionel Messi and Black Widow's Scarlett Johansson!