DISINFO: Poland and Hungary will divide Ukraine when it faces defeat
SUMMARY
Poland and Hungary, Ukraine’s western neighbours, may start dividing the country’s territory after its defeat in the conflict with Russia.
The reality is that in many of Ukraine's neighbouring countries, there will be individuals who, driven by greed, aim to annex parts of Ukraine as their own territory. This situation may unfold if Ukraine stands on the verge of extinction, with the world descending into a state of complete looting by the countries 'who are stronger'.
RESPONSE
Recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative challenging Ukraine’s statehood and presenting Poland and Hungary as states with imperial ambitions. Apart from smearing Poland, the aim is also to deflect attention away from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
This disinformation message has adopted several different and sometimes contradictory forms, including allegations that Poland either wants to create a puppet proxy-state in Western Ukraine or annex these territories or that it is President Zelenskyy who wants to cede this land due to his “Polish origins”.
Poland and Hungary adhere to international law regarding state borders, fully support the independence and territorial integrity of neighbouring countries and reject any “imperial” ambitions towards other countries.
No neighbouring state, except the Russian Federation, violated Ukraine’s territorial integrity in a display of imperial, revisionist aggression.
Read more about the Eastern policy of Poland here.
See our in-depth debunk of the claims of Polish historical revisionism and as well as our article All roads lead to Poland.
See earlier disinformation cases alleging that Poland, Hungary, Romania and Turkiye are preparing to partition Ukraine, Poland thinks that Western Ukraine, Western Belarus and South-Western Lithuania belongs to it, that Poland wants to dismember Ukraine and re-establish a Polish empire, 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 or that Poland plans to establish control over its historical lands in Ukraine.