WARSAW.- The United States announced Monday that it is launching a project in the Polish capital to help neighboring Ukraine counter Russian disinformation.
The U.S. State Department’s Global Engagement Center, which works to draw attention to disinformation from what it considers hostile states, said in a statement that the United States and Poland have formed the Ukraine Communications Group “to support “Ukraine against Russian aggression in the information space.”
Polish authorities have reported that their country is increasingly subject to sabotage and other disruptive actions by Russian secret services.
Poland is a member of NATO and is on the eastern front of the military alliance. It has served as a distribution center for Western weapons sent to Ukraine and has been a place of refuge for a significant number of Ukrainians fleeing the full-scale Russian invasion that began in February 2022.
The State Department said the new group would bring together allies to “coordinate messaging, promote accurate information about the full-scale Russian invasion, amplify Ukrainian voices, and expose Kremlin information manipulation.”
The Kremlin, he stated, “repeatedly uses lies and manipulation to spread false pretexts for its unjustifiable invasion, hide its objectives in the war and attempt to fracture solidarity with the Ukrainian people around the world.”
Source: With information from AP
