Stoking panic over “imported diseases” and the demonization of migrants

What it claims

Isolated cases of tropical infections are presented as the start of a large-scale epidemic allegedly caused by the uncontrolled influx of migrants from “third world” countries. Manipulators exploit comments from medical experts to lend weight to xenophobic claims about threats to Ukraine’s biosecurity resulting from government policy.

Target audience

Examples (paraphrased)

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• Zelensky's plan to replace Ukrainians with migrants will lead to foreigners from the poorest countries bringing cholera, AIDS, and typhoid to Ukraine due to their habit of living in unsanitary conditions.

  Женщина с косой, 15 Aug 2026 · Archived copy

• The Ukrainian healthcare system has been destroyed by reforms, so it will be unable to stop epidemics of tropical diseases being imported en masse by Zelensky's migrants.

  Женщина с косой, 15 Aug 2026 · Archived copy

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Goal

To provoke xenophobia and social tension by discrediting the state's migration policy as a threat to national health.

Techniques used

• Appeal to Fear / PrejudiceUsing the names of dangerous diseases (cholera, AIDS, typhoid) to scare the population with a “deadly threat” from migrants.
• Name Calling or LabelingUsing derogatory labels for foreigners as “carriers of filth” and representatives of “unsanitary cultures.”

The real grievance it exploits

Citizens' concerns about the state of the healthcare system and fear of new epidemics amidst the war.

How to counter

• Technique exposure: Notice how real medical warnings about isolated disease cases are artificially combined with political slogans about “population replacement” to incite hatred toward foreigners.

Sources (all time)

• Женщина с косойTier 1106,483 subscribers
  3 posts · 15–16 Aug 2026

  • 16 Aug · t.me/skosoi/10060
  • 16 Aug · t.me/skosoi/10054
  • 15 Aug · Archived copy