To produce another piece of disinformation, they impersonated the TVP World brand.
Pro-Kremlin propaganda channels on Telegram are spreading a video claiming that 68% of Poles believe that Vladimir Putin would be the best president for Poland. This fake was detected and exposed by journalists from the Ukrainian website Gvara Media.
Journalists discovered that the video, falsely presented as TVP World material, appeared on the propaganda channels Medved, Shkvarka 2.0, and Kot Kostyan. It cited a non-existent public opinion poll showing strong Polish support for the Kremlin dictator.
Gvara Media confirmed that there is no such material in TVP's archives and that no poll was conducted in Poland that would indicate Polish support for Putin.
Ukrainian journalists then compared the logos of the original TVP World videos and the fakes and found that they differed. The font used in the captions was also different.
It turned out that propagandists used illustrative material and publicly available photos and videos to create fake content, as in many previous cases of disinformation attacks. The video was accompanied by captions with false information and background music.
Gvara Media checked the latest polls on the elections in Poland. It confirmed that a record majority of Poles have a negative attitude towards Russia and consider it a threat to Poland and NATO.
This is further confirmation of warnings also coming from the Polish government that the presidential elections in Poland are the target of Russian operations.
According to Polish experts, a particular threat is posed by Operation Doppelganger, a Russian campaign aimed at dividing Western societies, undermining trust in political leaders, and promoting narratives favorable to the Kremlin. Yesterday, we revealed another action in the so-called cognitive (hybrid) war to damage Polish-Ukrainian relations. It cannot be ruled out that this is also intended to interfere in the election campaign, as Polish-Ukrainian issues are among those most frequently raised by the candidates.
