Poland deports nine Ukrainian and two Belarusian nationals suspected of running Russian-funded influence operation targeting Ukrainian refugees
Polish authorities detained and deported nine Ukrainian and two Belarusian nationals suspected of organizing Russia-funded protests against the Ukrainian government.
The arrests took place over the past several days in Warsaw, Wroclaw, Krakow, Zakopane, and Bydgoszcz. Poland’s Internal Security Agency (ABW) said that those detained had ties to Russia and Belarus.
According to the ABW, beginning in the fall of 2025, the detainees recruited Ukrainian refugees living in Poland to participate in demonstrations against the Ukrainian authorities, exploiting emotionally charged issues (including corruption scandals in Ukraine) to fuel the protests. The organizers allegedly paid participants with money that came from Russia.
Polish authorities said the organizers were using the refugees to inflame social tensions and erode public trust in the Ukrainian government.
Russian officials had not commented as of publication on the ABW’s statement.
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