DISINFO: Some in Poland see Western Ukraine as part of Poland
SUMMARY
If Poland and other countries continue to behave like this, then we, Belarus, Russia and Ukraine, will fight against them together. Because some figures are already sharpening their swords in Poland, they see Western Ukraine as part of Poland. [...]
The Ukrainians themselves will not be able to resist the so-called current allies. Our three Slavic people, including the Ukrainians, will have to defend the integrity of Ukraine.
RESPONSE
Recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative presenting Poland as a state which has imperial ambitions, amplifying disinformation narratives about disintegration of Ukraine, and denying Ukrainian statehood.
The claim that Poland wants to annex Western Ukraine is ungrounded. Poland fully supports the independence and territorial integrity of Ukraine, it does not have any territorial claims against its neighbours and it rejects any “imperial” ambitions towards other countries. Read more about the Eastern policy of Poland here.
Poland is also actively supporting Ukraine in its fight against the Russian invasion.
See the EU's response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine here along with EU vs Disinfo's Guide to Deciphering Pro-Kremlin disinformation around Putin's War.
See earlier disinformation cases alleging that Poles are stoking nationalist sentiment in Ukraine in order to annex Lviv, that Poland thinks that Western Ukraine, Western Belarus and South-Western Lithuania belong to them, that Poland wants to dismember Ukraine and re-establish a Polish empire, that Ukraine will disintegrate and fall prey to territorial claims of EU member states, that Ukraine is a Western colony belonging to Poland, Hungary, Romania, and Russia, that Poland will try to gain full military control in Ukrainian territories under the guise of protecting the Polish population from Russia, that Poland plans to establish control over its historical lands in Ukraine.