WARSAW, June 29 (Reuters) – Polish security services have deported nine Ukrainians and two Belarusians on suspicion of ​using Russian money to recruit Ukrainian refugees ‌to demonstrate against the Kyiv government in Poland, the Internal Security Agency (ABW) said on Monday.

Poland has long accused ​Russia and its ally Belarus of ​waging a hybrid campaign involving sabotage, cyberattacks and ⁠disinformation since Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in ​2022. Russia has repeatedly denied these allegations.

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“The organisers ​aimed to gradually influence the Ukrainian refugee community in Poland and use this group to promote political slogans,” ​the ABW said in a statement.

It added that ​emotive topics including corruption scandals that have hit the government of ‌Ukrainian ⁠President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and other developments in domestic politics had been used to trigger protests.

According to the agency, the individuals had links to ​Russia and ​Belarus and ⁠had been carrying out their activities since autumn 2025.

“This is an example ​of operations that fall outside of ​classic ⁠aggression, aimed at undermining public trust, fuelling tensions and exploiting people fleeing war as instruments of ⁠Russian influence,” ​the ABW said.

The Russian ​embassy in Warsaw did not immediately respond to a request for ​comment.

Reporting by Pawel Florkiewicz; Editing by Alexandra Hudson

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