Russia Attempts to Drive Wedge Between Poland and Ukraine Through Disinformation

Russia is actively working to sow division between Poland and Ukraine, two neighboring countries that have maintained close ties since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, according to monitoring of disinformation activity along NATO's eastern flank. The campaign is part of broader efforts to destabilize the alliance's eastern border region, which stretches from the Baltic states through Poland and Slovakia down to Romania. Separately, artificial intelligence tools are being used to spread fabricated or misleading content about politicians in the region, raising concerns about the integrity of public discourse ahead of elections and amid ongoing geopolitical tensions. Analysts monitoring the disinformation landscape along NATO's eastern frontier have flagged both trends as significant threats to regional stability. Poland and Ukraine share a long and historically complex relationship, and Russian information operations have repeatedly attempted to exploit historical grievances — including disputes over World War II-era events — to undermine their current strategic partnership. The spread of AI-generated disinformation about political figures adds a new technological dimension to these influence campaigns, making false narratives harder to detect and counter.