DISINFO: Poland is building a satellite facility for NATO’s attack on Russia

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DISINFO: Poland is building a satellite facility for NATO’s attack on Russia

SUMMARY

The Polish government is building a military satellite facility for alleged deterrence of the Russian threat. Last year, Warsaw launched a newly created geospatial intelligence and satellite services agency. In particular, this facility will coordinate the use of satellites for critical military missions aimed primarily against Russia. There has been unprecedented NATO activity on Russia’s western borders. NATO is extending its initiatives, calling it the “deterrence of Russian aggression”.

RESPONSE

Poland is repeatedly presented by pro-Kremlin disinformation outlets as an aggressive anti-Russian NATO ‘outpost’ and a country which allegedly poses a security threat to Russia. This is in line with how pro-Kremlin outlets portray NATO and Western countries as aggressive towards Russia. See our articles All roads lead to Poland and Polish elections in the eyes of Moscow.

Poland has no hostile agenda towards Russia, and it does not plan any type of military aggression against it.

All NATO infrastructure projects in Poland are publicly documented, focused on defence, logistics, communications, and training. Poland’s investments in military infrastructure, including radar, communications, and training facilities, are aimed at ensuring its own security and that of the Alliance, especially in light of Russian aggression in Ukraine.

The Polish authorities perceive Russia as a security threat because of their aggressive actions, in particular in Ukraine and all over Eastern Europe.

See other examples of similar messages accusing Poland of having an aggressive anti-Russian agenda here.

Disclaimer

Cases in the EUvsDisinfo database focus on messages in the international information space that are identified as providing a partial, distorted, or false depiction of reality and spread key pro-Kremlin messages. This does not necessarily imply, however, that a given outlet is linked to the Kremlin or editorially pro-Kremlin, or that it has intentionally sought to disinform. EUvsDisinfo publications do not represent an official EU position, as the information and opinions expressed are based on media reporting and analysis of the East Stratcom Task Force.

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