When we hear the phrase “Russia has declared war,” most of us instinctively picture classic scenes from the twentieth century: tanks rolling across a border, artillery fire, burned-out cities, refugees streaming down roads. But Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski’s recent warning to Europe breaks that old mental frame. In an interview with the Greek newspaper Kathimerini, he insisted that the Kremlin is already at war with us, but it is a war that does not depend on armored columns. It is a cryptic, absurd, and yet violently dangerous war waged with online lies, outrageous provocations, fire and sleeper cells, hostile…

Russia has significantly intensified its online disinformation campaigns in Poland, strategically exploiting a long-standing historical dispute between Warsaw and Kyiv over World War II-era massacres to drive a wedge between the two nations. Polish officials and independent researchers report that these operations, which primarily circulate on social media platforms in the Polish language, are deliberately designed to strain relations between Poland and its crucial wartime ally, Ukraine. The timing of these efforts is particularly concerning, as they coincide with Poland’s approaching parliamentary elections in 2027, where public sentiment and political alliances are already highly sensitive. By fueling nationalist emotions and…