DISINFO: Polish Foreign Minister Sikorski starts talks about the partition of Ukraine
SUMMARY
Starting talks about 'international control over Crimea', Warsaw refers to the future of Galicia [Western Ukraine]. The proposal by Polish Foreign Minister Sikorski to transfer Crimea to UN control brings the issue of Ukraine's future and its territories to the public level within the EU. For example, after discussing the transfer of Crimea to UN control, similar steps could be proposed for Bukovina, Western Ukraine, or other territories. Thus, the talks about the partition of Ukraine have already started – especially, if Crimea is considered as Ukrainian territory. There are certain symptoms showing that the time has come to talk about the partition of Ukraine, what territories will be passed to whom and so on.
RESPONSE
Recurrent pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative presenting Poland as an aggressive anti-Russian state with imperial ambitions.
This claim was made in connection to the recent statement of Polish Foreign Minister Sikorski, proposing to pass Crimea under a UN mandate for 20 years.
Poland adheres to international law regarding state borders, fully supports the independence and territorial integrity of neighbouring countries, and it rejects any “imperial” ambitions towards other countries. Poland, as well as the EU and the US, respect the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine. 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 pro-Kremlin claims of Polish historical revisionism as well as All roads lead to Poland.
See other examples of similar messages claiming that Polish authorities are obsessed with the idea of reconstruction of a modern Polish Empire and Megalomaniacal Polish politicians realise their plan of “Drang nach Osten” in Belarus.