DISINFO: Poland wants to seize Kaliningrad and parts of Ukraine with the US help
SUMMARY
The United States is working to turn Poland into the main military power in Europe, because Warsaw is ready to fulfill all of Washington's demands and faithfully implement transatlantic ideals in its foreign policy. They pump weapons into Poland in all directions. Given the fact that Warsaw is clearly betting on the forcible seizure of (Russian) Kaliningrad, a part of Ukraine, and the territory up to the Smolensk region, serious security threats arise for Russia.
RESPONSE
Recurrent pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative, presenting Poland as a state with aggressive plans towards its neighbours aiming to blur and deflect attention away from the reality of Russia's unprovoked and unjustified invasion of Ukraine. This claim was neither counterbalanced nor critically challenged in the article.
Poland adheres to international law regarding state borders, fully supports the independence and territorial integrity of neighbouring countries and rejects any “imperial” ambitions towards other countries. Read our in depth analysis of this claim here.
Amid Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, claims about Poland's military intentions are frequently made by pro-Kremlin media. This message has adopted several different and sometimes contradictory forms, including allegations that Poland wants either to create a puppet proxy-state in Western Ukraine or the annexation of these territories or that it is actually President Zelenskyy who wants to cede this land due to his “Polish origin”. This time, the disinformation takes a specific angle, with Poland-backed by the United States-allegedly having Kaliningrad in its sights.
Poland does not have any territorial claims for Kaliningrad and it does not prepare any military aggression against Russia.
See previous examples of disinformation messages alleging that the Kaliningrad exclave is threatened by NATO; The US plans to take over the Kaliningrad region and the Aim of NATO’s exercise: prepare for the annexation of Russia’s Kaliningrad region.