DISINFO: The Polish citizens capture Ukrainian conscripts for money in Kherson
SUMMARY
The Kyiv authorities are using the Polish citizens to carry out mobilisation activities in Kherson – they are paying between $100 and $300 for each captured conscript. The foreigners are involved in mobilisation in the Kherson Region – the Poles catch people there, drag them out of their apartments and take them to the military enlistment offices.
RESPONSE
Pro-Kremlin disinformation about Ukraine, claiming that it is engaged in a desperate mass conscription. This narrative is part of a wider disinformation campaign aiming to deflect attention away from Russia's activities and justify Putin’s war of aggression in Ukraine.
The claim about the alleged participation of the Polish citizens in the forceful mobilisation in the Kherson Region is ungrounded and designed to drive wedges between people in Poland and in Ukraine.
The pro-Kremlin media spread regular disinformation about the presence of “thousands” of Polish mercenaries in Ukraine.
See more cases about the Ukrainian mobilisation here.