Zelensky says fake news about Poland seeking to seize part of Ukraine Russian «information missile».

Russian media report that Poland allegedly seeks to seize Western Ukraine are plain propaganda and "information missiles set to sow panic."

This was announced at a briefing for the Polish media on Friday in Kyiv by President Volodymyr Zelensky, Ukrinform reports with reference to PAP.

"Russian news is a kind of information missile designed to sow panic," Zelensky said.

He noted that he had no time to think about what Russian politicians were saying when sharing propaganda messages about the possibility of Poland seizing part of Western Ukraine.

The president of Ukraine stressed that Warsaw is well aware that in the event of aggression against it, "Poland and Ukraine will be together."

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He stressed the deep need for unity in the face of Russian aggression. Zelensky noted that historical issues that had previously created problems in Ukrainian-Polish relations were "nothing compared to the friendship and unity of the two countries, to which hatred of a common enemy has led."

Speaking about the close relations between Hungary and Russia, Zelensky stressed that it seems that Budapest "does not realize the threat, but sooner or later they will have to defend themselves."

Zelensky noted that the Russians act methodically, in particular, "methodically kill: in the same way in different parts of Ukraine." According to him, the Russians use the same methodological approach during peace talks with Ukrainians. However, no matter what is decided during the negotiations, everything is ultimately decided by Vladimir Putin. However, he called the talks necessary, so the President of Ukraine considers it his duty to conduct them.

Zelensky thanked Poland and the Polish people for the unprecedented assistance they provide to Ukraine and Ukrainians after the start of a large-scale Russian war against Ukraine. "I’d like to especially thank Andrzej Duda and his wife for how they engaged in helping Ukraine," Zelensky said.

He noted that during the first days of the full-scale war, he spoke with the President of Poland several times a day.

Earlier, Sergei Naryshkin, chief of Russia's foreign intelligence service, told Russian propaganda media that Poland allegedly planned to establish military and political control over its former historical territories in Ukraine.

As reported earlier, Poland has so far provided more than $1.6 billion in military assistance to Ukraine. In particular, this is about more than 200 T-72 main battle tanks, Gvozdika air defense systems, Grad MLR systems, Piorun MANPADS, reconnaissance drones, combat drones, artillery shells, etc.

Photo: Ukrainian President’s Office