Cases
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On 10 September 2026 in Tulce, a village on the outskirts of Poznan, a man began verbally abusing a Ukrainian woman who was out walking with her 15-month-old child. He…
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On 8 September 2026 in Rzeszow a Ukrainian woman was sitting on a bench while waiting to pick her child up from a kindergarten, speaking Ukrainian with her mother. A…
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On 6 September 2026, on the road out of Warsaw, a Ukrainian man driving from Warsaw airport towards Lviv was verbally abused by a Polish driver. According to the victim's…
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In early September 2026 it became publicly known that a woman employed at the city hall of Przemyśl (Podkarpackie voivodeship), a city on the Ukrainian border, had published a Facebook…
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On the night of 2-3 September 2026, in Kłodzko (Dolnośląskie voivodeship), an unknown perpetrator sprayed the letters "UPA" on the entrance door of a catering venue on Łukasińskiego street that…
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On 2 September 2026, after Wizz Air flight W61496 from Tenerife (TFS) landed at Warsaw Chopin Airport, a male passenger began abusing two Ukrainian women who, like other passengers, had…
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In late August 2026, a young Polish woman was walking along a path through bushes towards a river in Poland to meet friends when she passed three drunk men going…
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On the night of 30 August 2026, at around 23:36, two unidentified people pasted stickers and posters over the facade and entrance of the Rubikon office on Jacka Malczewskiego street…
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On Sunday 30 August 2026, at around 3:30 p.m., a 50-year-old resident of Poznań came to the Ukrainian shop Odessa Market on Śródka street in Poznań. One of the shop…
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On or around 26 August 2026, in the municipality of Wąchock (Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship), an unknown person painted the word "UPA" on a parked car, damaging the vehicle's paintwork. "UPA" stands…
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On the evening of Sunday 23 August 2026, in a restaurant in Częstochowa (Śląskie voivodeship), a 50-year-old resident of the city insulted a 21-year-old Ukrainian woman during a conversation, using…
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On 23 August 2026 in Sosnowiec (Śląskie), a Ukrainian woman was walking home from a playground with her small son when they passed a man standing in the street. The…
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On the evening of 22 August 2026, in Warsaw's Mokotów district, a foreign woman was walking home while talking on the phone. A man carrying a camera and a beer…
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In Wroclaw, a young Ukrainian woman was verbally abused in the street by a Polish woman, who called her "a cretin from Ukraine" ("kretynka z Ukrainy"). The victim filmed herself…
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A Ukrainian family travelling from Warsaw to Halifax via Zurich, on LOT Polish Airlines and Edelweiss Air flights, found their checked suitcase deliberately vandalised after it had been handed over…
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In Piekary Śląskie, a Ukrainian woman who works as a shop cashier described a friendly conversation with an elderly female customer and the customer's granddaughter, during which the customer mentioned…
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A man got into a taxi in Poland and, from the very start, insisted he was the passenger who had booked the ride, calling himself "Pan Tomasz." The driver, a…
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A photograph taken inside a taxi in Warsaw shows a xenophobic notice aimed at Ukrainian-speaking passengers. A sheet of paper was hung on the back of the front seat, facing…
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On 8 August 2026 a passenger witnessed a xenophobic incident on a train in Poland, in the Wroclaw area. A group of girls aged roughly 16 to 20 were sitting…
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A Polish man aggressively confronted a Black man sitting on a bench and questioned him about where he was from. When the man asked him to speak English, the Polish…
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An intoxicated man aggressively shouted anti-Ukrainian and xenophobic insults at a woman filming him. He demanded that Ukrainians leave Poland, referred to them with vulgar slurs, accused them of having…
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A woman reported that a passerby confronted her after her friend's dog barked several times at another dog. Although the dog was leashed and the owners cleaned up after it,…
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On 6 August 2026 in Warsaw, Diana, a 30-year-old woman born in Ukraine who has lived in Poland for over ten years and holds Polish citizenship, called an ambulance because…
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A conductor on a Warsaw suburban train prevented a foreign passenger from purchasing a ticket, despite the train still being at the platform, and attempted to issue him a fine.…
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A drunk woman came onto Gagarina Street in Wrocław carrying two knives, threatened random passers-by and shouted insults targeting Ukrainians. Police were called to the scene and detained the woman.
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In Łódź, an intoxicated Polish man approached a Ukrainian teenager and started a verbal confrontation, criticizing him because of his nationality. The man accused the teenager of not fighting for…
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On 1 August 2026, on a bus running from an airport to a railway station in Poland, two men boarded and were followed onto the bus by a Ukrainian man.…
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For about six months, up to August 2026, a 20-year-old Ukrainian citizen living in the Olesno county (powiat oleski, Opole voivodeship) was repeatedly insulted and threatened because of his nationality.…
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On the evening of 1 August 2026, a man verbally attacked Ukrainians at the Warszawa Śródmieście railway station in central Warsaw. According to witnesses who filmed the incident, he shouted…
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Two Ukrainian women were speaking Ukrainian to each other in a Gdańsk park when a man became aggressive because they were speaking Ukrainian. In the recorded exchange, he repeatedly swore…
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A Belarusian family living in Białystok for eight years reported that a group of young Polish men approached them while they were returning home from a walk with their 8-year-old…
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A Ukrainian bus driver reported that, after 10 years of working in Poland, he was for the first time called a 'banderowiec' by a drunken self-described 'patriot of Poland' while…
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A video published on Instagram shows a young woman riding a public bus while an off-camera person shouts xenophobic abuse at her. The audible phrases include 'Gate open' and 'Na…
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A video filmed in Wrocław shows a loud confrontation in which a man hurls vulgar anti-Ukrainian abuse at Ukrainian-speaking people. On the recording he shouts about the police and threatens…
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In a video published by Ukrainian blogger a Polish woman speaking Polish to an audience calls on Poles to use the police as a tool against Ukrainians living in Poland.…
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A Ukrainian woman reported a confrontation with a Polish driver after the driver failed to stop at a pedestrian crossing where the woman and children were waiting. After the woman…
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Two intoxicated Polish men verbally abused a passenger on a train at Zielonka station near Warsaw while shouting xenophobic insults targeting Ukrainians and Belarusians. The incident escalated into a fight…
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A Polish supervisor at a construction site near Skawina verbally abused a Ukrainian worker with xenophobic slurs, telling him to 'go to the front' and shouting insults including 'Banderite' and…
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Nationalist "citizen patrols" announced a mobilization against a Muslim Women's Council conference scheduled for 16 August at the Muslim Cultural Centre in Warsaw's Ochota district. Members called for a "manual…
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On 21 July 2026 a man travelling on Warsaw city bus line 197 verbally attacked a group of teenagers after hearing them speak Ukrainian. In the recording made by another…
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Two Ukrainian women travelling with a child on Warsaw bus line 162 were verbally abused by a female passenger after she heard them speaking Ukrainian. The woman claimed that Ukrainians…
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A woman approached a group of six Ukrainian teenagers aged 13–14 who were speaking Ukrainian among themselves and told them: 'In Poland, speak Polish.' One of the girls apologized to…
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A Ukrainian woman reported that on the evening of 18 July 2026, while speaking Ukrainian with a colleague outside her hotel in Gdynia, a group of Polish men began loudly…
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A Ukrainian man named Arsen said that while training at a gym in Poznań, he was confronted by a Polish man, later identified by media reports as MMA fighter Piotr…
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On 12 July, an adult Polish man verbally abused Ukrainian girls, reportedly aged 12, on a city bus after hearing them speak Ukrainian. According to witnesses and video recordings, he…
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An anti-Ukrainian banner was hung overnight in Owińska displaying a crossed-out Ukrainian flag and the message: 'End of hospitality, ungrateful sons of bitches.' Passers-by reported it to police at around…
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On 10 July 2026, in a tram in Wrocław, one of the passengers hurled racist abuse at an Egyptian man travelling with his wife and child. The attacker got off…
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A Belarusian-born owner of a flower shop in Gdańsk said that two customers verbally abused her after one of them claimed the business was 'Ukrainian' and urged another customer not…
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On 3 July 2026 the local Łódź edition of "Gazeta Wyborcza" described a racist incident in one of the city parks. In June someone secretly filmed dark-skinned women and children…
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A local man approached a Ukrainian man near Wawel in Kraków and told him to return to Ukraine because his country needed him to fight in the war. He repeatedly…
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On 2 July 2026 in Zawada, a village in the Myślenice county, the owner of a commercial fishing pond called "Rybka" insulted a 16-year-old boy from Ukraine and his mother…
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A Ukrainian woman reported that while she was standing at Warszawa Zachodnia, a group of Polish people approached her after realizing she was Ukrainian and began verbally abusing her. She…
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A migrant woman said she was verbally abused by an elderly customer while shopping in an Hebe store in Poland. The confrontation began after the woman answered a phone call…
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A Polish man threatened and verbally abused a Ukrainian cashier in a Żabka store, using insults and threats motivated by her nationality. A video of the incident spread on social…
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On 23 June 2026 a 15-year-old boy from Ukraine drowned at the Glinianki bathing area in Zielonka near Warsaw. In the following days his death was welcomed by part of…
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A conflict occurred in a bakery between a customer and a substitute employee over a pre-order that had not been properly communicated between staff. According to the employee, the customer…
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A Ukrainian woman who has lived in Poland since 2016 said she and her two-year-old son were threatened by a Polish neighbor in the entrance to their apartment building in…
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A video posted from Stalowa Wola shows a confrontation between residents in which a person makes xenophobic remarks referring to a Georgian person. During the argument about parking, noise and…
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The incident occurred on May 20 at around 5:26 PM on tram number 2 in Poznań. A drunk Polish man heard a Ukrainian woman speaking on the phone in Ukrainian.…
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A man in a Polish settlement verbally attacked a group of Ukrainian citizens who were peacefully staying at their place of residence. He shouted aggressive, vulgar and offensive statements targeting…