Thread by @StZaryn

Kremlin #propaganda continues its all-encompassing #disinformation campaign against Poland embedded in the context of the Russian #WARINUKRAINE. Recently, the #RU regime has exploited the issues it believes to have the biggest potential to pit the Poles against Ukrainians.
1/11

Examples of the anti-Polish narratives pushed by Russia:

- #refugees from Ukraine are freeloaders
- the Poles use Ukrainians as cheap workforce
- the Poles steal the money allocated for the refugees
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2/11

- Poland wants to seize the western part of Ukraine
- #Warsaw uses #Kyiv as a tool of its own political agenda
- the Poles have forgotten about the horrors of the Volhynia Massacre
- Ukrainian intelligence services recruit their agents among the Poles
3/11

Within said campaign, Poland is also portrayed as being aggressive. Accusations of craving for western part of UA are complemented with the following lies:
- PL seeks to seize Belarus & Moldova
- Militarization of PL within NATO is growing
- PL is afraid to lose NATO’s trust
4/11

RU #propaganda doesn’t give up on those information warfare efforts that aim to solidify the following misperceptions about PL:

- #PL is "Russophobic"
- #PL is the West’s (US’ in particular) liegeman
- #PL is the victim of its own antiRussian economic policy (gas, sanctions)5/11

Ahead of and in relation to the so called #VictoryDay in Russia, the Kremlin has pushed the following narratives about Poland, which btw it always does on such occasions:

- Poland rewrites #WWII #history
- by supporting Ukraine Poland supports neo-Nazism
6/11

The monitoring of the Russian #propaganda channels, incl. Russian embassies worldwide, shows that the Kremlin seeks to solidify the false picture of Ukraine as a Nazi, terrorist, criminal and dangerous (as an alleged possessor of bio-weapons) state.
7/11

In recent days, and also in relation to the #VictoryDay in Russia, the Kremlin’s propaganda apparatus has channeled its efforts toward spreading lies about the West, particularly by accusing it of:

- distorting the truth about the liberation of Europe by the #RedArmy
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8/11

- helping Ukraine develop biological weapons
- waging information warfare against Russia
- turning a blind eye on the bloom of neo-Nazism in Ukraine
- acting in a way so as to make the war last as long as possible
9/11

Other anti-Western narratives reported to be recently spread by Russia are as follows:

- while retreating, Ukrainians abandon the weaponry supplied to them by the West
- arms deliveries to Ukraine play a destructive role in this war
10/11

- the US and #Ukraine are planning to kill civilians just to later put the blame on Russia
- the Russian attack on Ukraine has been provoked by NATO’s ambitions in the region
11/11