The US and Poland will help Ukraine in the fight against Russian disinformation

The United States and Poland this week launched an international operation based in the Polish capital tasked with helping Ukraine combat Russian disinformation.

James Rubin, a senior U.S. diplomat in charge of countering disinformation, and Tomasz Chłoń, a Polish diplomat with the same mission, attended the inauguration ceremony of the new Ukraine Communications Group.

The group, which begins its work on Tuesday, will include representatives from 12 countries, including Canada, France, Germany, Finland, Italy and several other NATO members, as well as Ukraine itself, Rubin said.

They will work in a room provided by the Polish Foreign Ministry and seek to uncover and expose Russian disinformation campaigns aimed at weakening support for Ukraine on a global level.

“The challenge in information warfare is not just to know what the Russians are doing, but to figure out how best to counter them,” Rubin told a group of reporters invited to the U.S. Embassy in Warsaw to learn more about the project.

“We believe that bringing a group of people into a room for the first time … 10, 11 people sitting together with government support will improve our ability to respond to the Russian information war in Ukraine,” he said.

Poland, a staunch supporter of Ukraine since the Russian invasion in February 2022, has played a key role in the transfer of Western weapons and ammunition to Kiev.

Recently, the Polish Press Agency became the target of a “Russian cyberattack” after a fake story about Polish mobilization for the war in Ukraine appeared on its wire.

Rubin called Poland an ideal partner for this initiative, noting that “Poland and the United States take the threat of disinformation very seriously.”

“Unlike Russia, the West is late to the game. For decades, Russia has prioritized disinformation in its foreign policy and spent billions to manipulate the global information space,” he added./TheGeopost/