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Poland-Ukraine ties seen as target of Russian disinformation

FILE - Refugees fleeing the war in Ukraine, form a line as they approach the border with Poland in Shehyni, Ukraine, March 6, 2022. Poland has accepted a large number of Ukrainian refugees, creating fears that could become another wedge issue that Russia could exploit. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole, File) FILE - Ukrainian refugee Elena, left, hugs her five-year old granddaughter Christina, as they wait the train to Warsaw, at the Przemysl train station, southeastern Poland, on Friday, March 11, 2022. More than 2.5 Ukrainian refugees have arrived in Poland since the war began, and while some move on to other countries more than half have remained. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris, File) FILE - People who fled the war in Ukraine rest inside an indoor sports stadium being used as a refugee center, in the village of Medyka, a border crossing between Poland and Ukraine, on March 15, 2022. Poland has accepted a large number of Ukrainian refugees, creating fears that could become another wedge issue that Russia could exploit. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris, File) FILE - People fleeing from Ukraine queue to board on a bus at the border crossing in Medyka, Poland, March 4, 2022. More than 2.5 Ukrainian refugees have arrived in Poland since the war began, and while some move on to other countries more than half have remained. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File) FILE- A Ukrainian volunteer Oleksandr Osetynskyi, 44, holds a the country's flag and directs hundreds of refugees after fleeing from the Ukraine and arriving at the border crossing in Medyka, Poland, March 7, 2022. More than 2.5 Ukrainian refugees have arrived in Poland since the war began, and while some move on to other countries more than half have remained. (AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu, File) Workers clean a monument that was defaced with the blue and yellow colors of the Ukrainian flag, in Krakow, Poland, Nov. 6, 2021. Days before Poland’s Independence Day vandals painted the blue-and-yellow colors of the Ukrainian flag on monuments. The vandalism, which took place as Russia massed troops near Ukraine’s border, looked as if Ukrainians were defacing memorials to Polish national heroes. Though prosecutors are still investigating, Polish and Ukrainian authorities believe it was most likely a Russian-inspired attempt to trigger ethnic hostility between Ukrainians and Poles. (Beata Zawrzel via AP)
Poland-Ukraine ties seen as target of Russian disinformation