“Stupidity — let alone political views — should not be treated as a mitigating circumstance,” Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk wrote on X.
He continued: “Spreading Russian propaganda and disinformation in the current situation is an act detrimental to the Polish state, aimed directly at the security of our homeland and its citizens. Stupidity, let alone political views, should not be treated as a mitigating circumstance.”
“In times of danger, we must stand united. Those who exploit the Russian drone attack to create divisions and spread disinformation are, at best, useful idiots of the Kremlin,” commented Marcin Kierwiński, Poland’s Minister of the Interior and Administration.
Both statements came after the intrusion of Russian drones into Polish airspace in September 2025, which triggered a wave of misleading messages on social media — many echoing Russian propaganda narratives, including false claims that the incident was a Ukrainian provocation.
According to an analysis published by Poland’s Centre for Eastern Studies (OSW): “The Russian side denies any involvement in the incidents and seeks to blame Ukraine. By promoting the narrative that Kyiv aims to drag NATO neighbours into war with the Russian Federation, Moscow is trying to discredit the Ukrainian authorities and stoke anti-Ukrainian sentiment across Europe. The goal is to destabilise internal situations in these countries and create public pressure on their governments to halt political, economic, and especially military support for Ukraine as it resists Russian aggression.”
Earlier, the Polish Ministry of Digital Affairs warned that Russian and Belarusian information services are carrying out a coordinated disinformation campaign, which is aimed, it said, to “shift responsibility for the violation of Polish airspace onto Ukraine and discredit the actions of the Polish military and security services.”
Among the main disinformation narratives identified by the Polish Centre for Disinformation Analysis NASK, it is noted that “messages have appeared suggesting that Ukraine is responsible for the violation of Polish airspace by drones. The directing drones towards Poland is allegedly part of an effort to drag our country into a war with Russia. Disinformation actors are focusing on the claim that Ukraine deliberately failed to shoot down the drones while they were still in its airspace.”
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The drone incursions occurred on the night of September 9–10, 2025, when a dozen Russian drones entered Polish airspace during air raids on targets in Ukraine. Polish air forces, in coordination with NATO allies, intercepted and shot down several of them.
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