Poland urges NATO allies to tackle Russian disinformation in Eastern Europe

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1. In all of Europe…

   Wait, scratch that.

   Everywhere.

   EU/NATO/allies can and should employ a comprehensive strategy for containing all of the propaganda that russia and their cronies spew.

2. Start cleaning house first.

   Guess which country is the biggest sponsor of the “evil transgender EU destroys Christian traditional values” narrative.

   And now guess what is the main message of Poland’s main opposition party. While PiS isn’t pro-Russian, their positions in cultural issues are very similar to the Russian ones, which creates fertile ground for 30-40% of the population to be hostile to what the West stands for and susceptible to Russian psyops.

   At any point they might figure out that what PiS says in cultural issues (homophobic, traditional roles, religiosity etc ) are *very* similar to what Putin says.

3. **Poland expects NATO to tackle Russia’s information warfare against Georgia, Moldova and Romania, Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski said on Wednesday after a meeting of alliance foreign ministers.**

   He emphasized the importance of such efforts ahead of Poland’s presidential elections.

   “There is almost a consensus that Ukraine should be supported for at least another year to convince the Russian president that any potential peace must be on just terms,” Sikorski told the media at NATO headquarters in Brussels.

   He added that the situation is not yet mature for Russia to agree to a fair peace.

   Sikorski outlined Poland’s expectations for a NATO summit scheduled for June 2025 in The Hague.

   “Poland counts on filling operational plans with real capabilities and updating and strengthening missile and air defense,” he said.

   He also stressed the need to address hybrid threats, including acts of sabotage occurring within NATO countries and Russia’s information warfare against countries such as Georgia, Moldova and Romania.

   “This is particularly important in the context of our presidential elections,” Sikorski added.

   # Concerns over Russian, Chinese destabilization efforts

   NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte said Russia and China are attempting to destabilize alliance members through sabotage, cyberattacks and using energy as a weapon.

   “We will discuss how to defend more effectively against these attacks, including by strengthening intelligence cooperation,” Rutte told reporters ahead of the ministers’ meeting.

   He emphasized that NATO countries must protect their critical infrastructure and support Ukraine in this regard. The topic of assistance to Ukraine was discussed during a dinner on Tuesday with EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas and Ukrainian Foreign Minister [Andrii Sybiha](https://www.polskieradio.pl/395/7785/artykul/3451441,update-poland-ukraine-reach-agreement-on-exhumations-of-victims-of-wwiiera-massacre).

   “We agreed that an absolute priority is to provide Ukraine with energy sources, especially since Russia wants to exploit the coming winter by intensifying attacks on Ukrainian energy infrastructure,” Rutte said.

   # Calls for increased defense spending

   British Foreign Secretary David Lammy noted Russia’s involvement in various global conflicts, stating: “We see one country that has a hand in this: Russia.”

   He urged NATO members to take defense spending seriously, highlighting that the UK already allocates over 2.5 percent of its GDP to defense.

   “We live in dangerous times,” Lammy added.

   Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavský said Europe has experienced “500 suspicious incidents” this year, with at least 100 attributable to Russia, including hybrid attacks, espionage and influence operations. “We must send a strong signal to Moscow that we will not tolerate this,” he told journalists.

   The escalation of hostile actions by Russia, including acts of sabotage, cyberattacks and energy blackmail against NATO countries, were among the key topics discussed by NATO foreign ministers during their two-day meeting in Brussels.

   (jh/gs)

   Source: IAR, PAP

4. they should expand nato to include other countries too like japan and south korea, i hear philippines might be interested too

5. Here’s a good idea: Poland was basically correct about most things in the last years.

   We and France are unfit to guide anyone.

   Can Poland step up as the leader of Europe?

6. Ah, pity it’s 10 years after there could have been done something about it

7. Gas and oil are only the 3rd greatest Russian export, the 2nd is disinformation and the 1st is corruption.

8. Like my coworkers during the pandemic always screaming “Dictatorship!” but now supporting Russia. I don’t really get it.

9. Protecting the alliance should be foremost, there is no helping Ukraine if more country are taken over by Russian puppets, like wtf are you guys guarding what have the intelligence services done all these time, Russia disinformation is at the highest while the great leaders look with concern and worry. EU and NATO is so fucking weak on these side of the war it’s laughable

10. Go Poland! The entire EU should be sending this message right now. It’s true that many countries have been hit by disinformation and far right influence, but what’s happening in Romania right now is just next level crazy if you start to look at the details.

11. Time for Poland to lead!

12. Just a trivia : Didn’t know that the Polish Foreign Minister is the husband of the author Anne Applebaum of ‘RED FAMINE’ and ‘Gulag’. Their household knows the threat of Russian ‘bene geserrits’ more than any ones.

13. And arrest those traitors.

14. European politics tilt european citizens more and more right-wing – they begin to like conservative dictators…

    European politics: *pikachu face*

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