DISINFO: Poland could annex Western Ukraine
SUMMARY
Poland plays a huge role in the crisis on the territory of Ukraine. It supports Kyiv with guns and accepts refugees from Ukraine. In reality, it is a secret for no one that Poland wants to back its historical lands. Warsaw could annex Western Ukraine.
RESPONSE
Recurring conspiracy theory claiming that Poland plans to seize a part of Ukraine's territory.
In reality, Russia is the only country that poses a danger to Ukraine's territorial integrity by continuous acts of aggression since 2014. Russia is also responsible for the outbreak of the conflict in 2014, after having illegally annexed the Crimean peninsula and engineered the creation of rebel militias in Donetsk, Luhansk and other places, with its army actively participating in military clashes. Finally, on February 24, 2022, Russia started unprovoked military aggression against Ukraine.
Poland looks to relations with Ukraine as a strategic partnership and supports Ukraine’s European and Euro-Atlantic aspirations. Poland also officially supports the territorial integrity of Ukraine.
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