Russia has been spreading misinformation in Poland - a strong supporter of Ukraine - since the first trains of refugees arrived from Ukraine.
The disinformation narratives - though often outright blunt and apparently false - appeal to certain sections of the population, especially to the far right.
For example, Russian disinformation has claimed that Polish children were being thrown out of cancer wards to make way for Ukrainians, that Ukrainians would take away Polish jobs (a false narrative that is also being spread in this thread btw), and much more. Some disinformation campaigns by Russia also tried to impersonate Poland’s national statistics agency, asking citizens whether they would be personally willing to house more Ukrainian refugees.
This is part of a foreign influence campaign orchestrated against Poland and Europe, supported by a certain group here on Lemmy. All they aim at is to divide the people, undermine democracy under sometimes absurdely false claims.
Russia has been spreading misinformation in Poland - a strong supporter of Ukraine - since the first trains of refugees arrived from Ukraine.
The disinformation narratives - though often outright blunt and apparently false - appeal to certain sections of the population, especially to the far right.
For example, Russian disinformation has claimed that Polish children were being thrown out of cancer wards to make way for Ukrainians, that Ukrainians would take away Polish jobs (a false narrative that is also being spread in this thread btw), and much more. Some disinformation campaigns by Russia also tried to impersonate Poland’s national statistics agency, asking citizens whether they would be personally willing to house more Ukrainian refugees.
This is part of a foreign influence campaign orchestrated against Poland and Europe, supported by a certain group here on Lemmy. All they aim at is to divide the people, undermine democracy under sometimes absurdely false claims.