The authorities in Poland announced on Monday the deportation of 11 foreigners, nine Ukrainian citizens and two Belarusians, after accusing them of participating in an operation allegedly financed by Russia to recruit Ukrainian refugees and organize protests against the Government of Kiev on Polish territory.
The information was disclosed by the Internal Security Agency of Poland (ABW), which claimed to have dismantled an influence campaign aimed at exploiting the tensions within the Ukrainian community displaced by the war. According to the agency, the suspects had links to Russia and Belarus and had been carrying out these activities since the fall of 2025.
According to the investigation, the organizers sought to progressively influence the Ukrainian refugees settled in Poland to turn them into a political pressure tool against the Government of Volodymyr Zelensky.
The ABW stated that the strategy consisted of taking advantage of especially sensitive issues for Ukrainian public opinion, including the corruption scandals that have affected the Kiev administration and other events in the country's internal politics.
The agency claimed that these issues were used to encourage the participation of refugees in protests and spread political slogans that favored Moscow's interests. Although the authorities did not reveal the identity of those deported or specify whether they would face additional charges, they indicated that they were expelled from the country for national security reasons.
In its statement, the ABW described the operation as a form of hybrid warfare, a strategy that, according to Warsaw, Russia employs to destabilize European countries through disinformation campaigns, sabotage, and social manipulation, without resorting to direct military confrontation.
