“Bucha massacre is a fake news invented against Russia”, “Russia is engaged in humanitarian aid for Ukraine’s inhabitants”, “Russian troops are welcomed in Ukraine with joy” – these are a couple of lies that in recent days have been distributed by Russian propaganda all around the globe. Such actions are being currently carried out on a mass scale, also against Poland. “Poland’s involvement in aid for Ukraine escalates the conflict”, “Poland is a war instigator”, “Warsaw’s activity may lead to world war III”, “Poland is fuelling forces that are responsible for destabilization”, “Poland is dragging NATO into a conflict” – this is only a small sample from the Kremlin’s disinformation “repertoire” that every day trickles down to the Russian society and is exported to the worldwide infosphere.
False claims of Russian authorities and media
Russian disinformation attacks are systematically conducted by various actors: Russian well-known media outlets, the Kremlin’s top officials, Russian “diplomacy” and through numerous channels on social media and websites used strictly for disinformation purposes. Now, the Kremlin’s objective is to show a false image of the Russian invasion – its causes and consequences, to spread lies about the Ukrainian nation, to slander Poland and Polish authorities, to provoke chaos, to ignite conflicts and to break unity of the West on every possible level: military, economic and a humanitarian one.
Through its disinformation actions related to the war...
A front-page article with the byline of veteran New York Times opinion writer Nicholas Kristof is the latest poisonous example of what I call the NGO “halo effect.” Headlined “The Silence That Mee...