A video has circulated on Chinese social networks, in which Polish President Andrzej Duda allegedly announces mobilization and orders the deployment of troops to Ukraine. However, the country’s Ministry of Defense denied such information, and the video itself was called a fake. This was reported on May 27 by AFP.
According to journalists, the 32-second video around which the scandal arose went viral in early May on Sina Weibo, a popular microblogging service in China, and on Douyin, the Chinese analogue of TikTok.
The footage shows Andrzej Duda giving a speech, and Chinese subtitles say he announces the readiness of Polish troops to “enter Western Ukraine and organize volunteers to join the resistance.” “This will allow us to repel any danger or potential threat,” reads the credits.
AFP journalists found out that the recording itself is genuine. It was taken from a live broadcast by the Polish news agency Onet News. President Andrzej Duda did make a speech, but he only did it in honor of the celebration of Constitution Day on May 3, 2022. In a common fragment, Duda does not mention mobilization, but speaks of the brotherhood of the peoples of Poland and Ukraine and the possible “lack of borders” between them.
Earlier, the President of Poland, as part of his speech at the economic forum in Davos, said that Germany does not give his country the tanks that it promised instead of those supplied to Ukraine. Before that, it was reported that Poland delivered hundreds of its T-72 tanks to Ukraine.