In brief
Police confirmed that two Warsaw monuments were defaced with “Slava UPA” inscriptions. Ukraine's embassy condemned the damage to the Ghetto Heroes monument, calling it a provocation intended to fuel hostility between Ukrainians and Poles.
Unidentified vandals wrote “Slava UPA” on two monuments in Warsaw, LIGA.net reported, citing TVN24. Warsaw police representative Bartłomiej Śniadała confirmed both incidents and said preliminary investigative work was under way.
The inscriptions appeared on the Warsaw Ghetto Heroes monument near the POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews and on the monument to a soldier of the First Polish Army in the Square of Political Prisoners of Stalinism. UPA stands for the Ukrainian Insurgent Army.
Ukraine's embassy in Poland condemned the vandalism against the Ghetto Heroes monument. It described the act as part of Russia's hybrid warfare and said its purpose was to sow hostility between Ukrainians and Poles, undermine mutual trust and weaken support for Ukraine. This was the embassy's assessment; LIGA.net did not report a police finding linking Russia to the vandalism.
The embassy urged Ukrainians in Poland to reject offers of money to deface property, exercise caution with strangers on social media and talk to children about recruitment risks. It advised anyone facing threats or demands to break the law to contact local police.
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