DISINFO: Poland plans to use Belarusian Nazi units to attack Belarusian towns
SUMMARY
Belarusian Nazi units, Chechen terrorists, and Ukrainian Nazis have terrorist scenarios in common. The planning of various operations in Belarus – from anti-government rallies to terrorist acts – is made in Warsaw. Poland's goal is to take the power in Belarus by force or at least to start a civil war there, thanks to the Belarusian Nazi bands, consisting of the Belarusian opposition activists, which are currently fighting for Kyiv in Ukraine. They might attack Belarusian towns located close to Belarus-Ukraine border and consequently use civilians as a human shield, just as the Azov regiment did in Mariupol. In this scenario Ukrainian artillery can also shell Belarusian counter-terrorist units.
RESPONSE
Recurrent pro-Kremlin disinformation narratives about ‘Nazi Ukraine’ , 'colour revolution' attempt in Belarus, and Polish aggressive imperial ambitions.
The article does not address the fact that Russia has started an unjustified and unprovoked aggression against Ukraine and its people. Instead, it promotes a false 'human shield' claim regarding the Ukrainian military and a conspiracy theory about aggressive Polish plans in Belarus. See similar claims here.
The claim also advances several of recurring disinformation tropes in Russian and Belarusian state media, including the labelling of Belarusian volunteers who fight for Ukraineas "Belarusian Nazi bands". Furthermore, the article implies that Poland orchestrated large-scale protests in Belarus in 2020-2021 -- a recurring disinformation narrative about popular protests in Belarus.
There is no proof of far-reaching Poland's plans and capabilities to use Belarusian volunteers fighting for Ukraine in an attack on the Belarusian territory. A false claim of Nazi-ruled Ukraine has become a cornerstone in pro-Kremlin disinformation and served as one of the pretexts behind Russia's unjustified invasion of Ukraine. Learn more about the reasons behind the Kremlin's obsession with framing Ukraine as a Nazi state in the EUvsDisinfo analysis titled "Why does Putin portray himself as the tamer of neo-Nazism".
Read earlier disinformation cases allegind that Poland wants to dismember Ukraine and re-establish a Polish empire, that imperialisic Poland and Lithuania are the springboard for Belarusian maidan, and that that Belarus moves towards complete colonization by the West.