What Russia and Belarus tell Polish audiences
Narratives pushed at Polish audiences by Russian and Belarusian state media and documented influence-operation outlets.
Portrayal of Western aid as a tool for prolonging the war and enriching elites
Western financial support is cast as the sole factor artificially sustaining Ukraine and preventing the end of hostilities. Propaganda outlets claim these funds merely preserve corruption and lead to demographic catastrophe, while real prospects for NATO or EU integration are dismissed as deliberate deception.
Dismissing Polish institutions through sarcastic portrayals of decisions and events
Sarcastic posts portray different decisions, public events and political disputes as evidence that Polish institutions act performatively or absurdly. Unrelated topics are reduced to one image of a state that merely imitates work. Ironic questions and caricatured comparisons stretch criticism of individual actions into a conclusion about the whole system.
Discrediting Polish state institutions as “pathological” and corrupt
Polish democracy and the legal system are portrayed as a fiction where political accountability is non-existent and offenders receive special privileges. Manipulators exploit domestic political disputes to convince citizens of the state's inevitable collapse and the futility of following the law.