A fake story is circulating in Poland about \u201ca Ukrainian woman from the Social Insurance Institution (ZUS)\u201d allegedly delaying the processing of Polish pension applications on purpose.<\/p>\n
\u25ab\ufe0fA video is actively spreading on social media claiming that the woman works at the ZUS office in Szczecin, Poland. The posts are accompanied by anti-Ukrainian comments and calls to fire Ukrainians from Polish state institutions.<\/p>\n
ZUS has officially refuted these claims, confirming that no such employee works at the Szczecin branch. They added that any delays in processing applications depend only on objective reasons \u2014 such as case complexity or missing documents.<\/p>\n
Such disinformation aims to incite anti-Ukrainian sentiment in Poland and create division between Poles and Ukrainians \u2014 a typical element of russia\u2019s information operations in neighboring countries. Social media accounts spreading these fakes \u2014 knowingly or not \u2014 assist the kremlin\u2019s efforts to destabilize Poland.<\/p>\n
Earlier, the Center recorded an uptick in pro-russian messaging in the Polish online space and debunked fakes about Ukrainians \u2014 including a fabricated video showing \u201ca Ukrainian woman angry about Polish aid\u201d and a hoax about \u201cprivileged treatment of Ukrainian soldiers in Poland.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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