Almost concomitant with the Russian drones that entered the airspace of Poland and Romania, Russia has started an misinformation campaign according to the old model with which all the illegalities committed: it deny responsibility and accuse others of what you have done.
Russian drones were accompanied by misinformation campaigns. Photo: Shutterstock
As the Kremlin propagates misinformation narratives that attack Ukraine and the European Union, Russia also carries out drone operations against Ukraine, some passing into EU and NATO member states, such as Poland and Romania. This is what happened on the night of September 9, when about twenty Russian drones entered the Polish airspace. Some of them collapsed and another part were shot down by NATO air defense.
Then the rhetorical attack began, when a Freign influence and manipulation interference – “foreign interference and manipulation of the information”) has spilled misinformation narratives on these incursions. Basically, the description of an intentional action of a foreign power to manipulate the facts and cause confusion, division, fear and hatred to fulfill their military, political and economic purposes. The tactic, as usual, was to say anything, everywhere, at the same time, as long as what is said to serve to deny and divert Russian responsibility.
The portal of the European Commission that fights the misinformation of pro-Kremlin, I vs disinfo, analyzed the main lines of attack on the action.
“Nothing happened and we did not do it”
Some pro-Russian commentators have stated that nothing happened or, if it happened, it is something insignificant. Pro-Rus commentator Aleksandr Dighin, for example, claimed: “There was nothing. Fragments, scraps, explosions … and the Poles panicked.” For his part, Vladimir Soloviov has derided the Poland Systems by Poland due to incursions “Only three or four drones.”
Others have tried more technical arguments, such as the idea that Russian drones have only a 700 -kilometer range, so they couldn't have reached Poland. In fact, the drones were modified to transport additional fuel tanks, which increased their range. “In the face of contradictory statements and denials, we must ask ourselves: which version of the truth should we believe it?”shows the quoted analysis.
In general, publications and commentators relied on the claim that the Polish or EU authorities did not offer “any evidence” that the drones belong to Russia. In fact, the reports that showed the Russian drones Gerbera downed were numerous. An intact drone was found in Poland, near Mnichow, 300 kilometers from the Ukrainian border. It was a Gerbera Russian drone.
“They” did
The attack was made by someone else, by them. “They” refer to the ordinary list of Kremlin suspects, which he blames for aggressive acts or atrocities committed by his own forces. “Maybe Ukraine did it. Maybe they tried to make a “challenge” to attract Poland in the war against Russia. Or maybe Poland did it, trying another challenge to attract NATO into the war. Or maybe everything was a secret operation of the West, meant to sabotage peace negotiations or even challenge the United States. “is shown in the analysis.
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk officially confirmed that the drones that entered the Polish airspace on September 9-10, 2025 were Russian during a large-scale Russian air attack on Ukraine. NATO leaders, including NATO Secretary General, Mark Rutte, condemned the violation, head of the EU foreign policy, Kaja Kallas, and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, confirming Russia's responsibility.
“The suggestion that the Attack with Drone was a staging ignores the long history of Russia against its neighbors. It falls into the recognized model of Russian aggression and hybrid war aimed at its neighbors, including the previous unprovocated invasions of Ukraine in 2014 and 2022, Georgia in 2008. USA, along with numerous cyber attacks, electoral interference, sabotage, espionage and misinformation campaigns throughout Europe”, The quoted source shows.
The range of action and the capacities of the Russian drones used in the September 9-10 attack are documented, and the official investigations claim that these drones come from the territory controlled by Russia.
The idea behind the misinformation campaign is simple: it denies the record, as you straighten your accusatory finger to anyone else, the source shows.
And in Romania, again the same story
A few days later, a Russian drone violated the airspace of Romania, in an act that the Romanian authorities consider intentionally. And, surprise: Pro-Ruse publications followed the same misinformation scenario: “The drone was Ukrainian, Ukraine launched it to return the European countries against Russia, there is no evidence that the drone was Russian, Romania protested against the presence of the drone only after NATO told him to do so, and so on.”
The Romanian Ministry of Defense confirmed that the drone was Russian. But Pro-Kremlin misinformation claims that, perhaps, the Romanian army has been wrong and is now trying to blame Russia.
In the case of Romania, the Russian officials also appealed to the irony:
“On September 13, the Ministry of Defense of Romania discovered another UFO (unidentified flying object) in the country's airspace and has been in a hurry to announce that it would be a Russian drone. In this sense, on September 14, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Romania convened the Russian ambassador to send them to the” firm protest “. The drone that would have entered the Romanian airspace did not receive a concrete and convincing answer”, The Russian Embassy said in a Facebook post.
Again, “the lack of an objective confirmation of the national origin of the flying apparatus” was invoked, and the protest of the Romanian part was rejected as “unfounded and unjustified”.
The ambassador stressed that all circumstances indicate that, “In fact, there was an intentional challenge of the Kiev regime, which, fearing an inevitable military failure and responsibility for the crimes committed both against the Russian and Ukrainian people, desperately tries, by any means, to involve other European states in a dangerous military adventure against the Russian Federation. “
“A.As Russia's drones patrol Europe's heavens, so its misinformation narratives always plan between denial, hijacking and lie, trying to hide the Kremlin's hand, while the truth, like the drones themselves, is impossible to ignore. “I conclude vs disinfo.
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