ISD pointed to three main narratives aimed at Ukrainians disseminated by Russian or pro -Russian networks on social mediaincluding on the X, Facebook or BlueSky platform.
This is how Russia influenced Poles
The first of them focused on Ukrainians allegedly in terrorist attacks. This story was spread as part of the “Reload” operation, which was previously launched on the occasion of the Paris Olympics in 2024 and elections to the Bundestag in 2025.
Before the election in Poland, among others, Films generated by artificial intelligence; It resulted from them that the police captured Ukrainian refugees who prepared terrorist attacks on the day of elections in Poland. They obtained over 654 thousand views and 5.7 thousand likes or shares.
One of the entries also provided false information that 10 percent Ukrainian refugees in Poland have connections with terrorist organizations. To create the appearance of credibility, some posts have a logo of well -known European media, including BBC, France24, Der Spiegel and Les Echos.
The second narrative concerned the alleged issue Ukrainians' responsibility for an increase in crime in Poland. The spread of this story was dealt with by “Truth” – a network of portals, which, according to analysts, is controlled by Moscow.
Police data indicate slight damage to Ukrainians in Poland
Meanwhile, according to the Polish police The number of Ukrainians convicted of crimes accounted for 0.62 percent. all citizens of this country living in Poland. In addition, most of the crimes committed by Ukrainian citizens were not associated with crimes using violence.
The third false narrative identified by ISD concerned abuse of the social care system in Poland by Ukrainians. For this purpose, a group of Kremlin friendly to X used a satirical video in which a Ukrainian woman shows seven passports in front of the camera and claims that each of them receives benefits for her children. As the Ukrainian later explained, It was only a playful ripostAnd accusations that Ukrainian refugees commit benefits (passports belonged to her family).
However, the recording, which was obtained by 385 thousand. Views, made available on profiles 6500 times with a note calling for a woman's deportation. False allegations were also directed to the Polish authoritieswhich – according to spread disinformation – were to help Ukrainians at the expense of their own citizens.
“Actors associated with the Kremlin use political discourse in Poland and They may affect the election result. This undermines a democratic debate and can have real consequences for over 1.5 million Ukrainians living in Poland ” – warns ISD.
The report was drawn up between April and May based on monitoring over 4,000. social media accounts.
