Cases
● Insult
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…
● Physical attack
A video circulated on social media showing a passerby physically attacking a Ukrainian streamer during a live street broadcast in Poland. The attacker struck the streamer directly in front of…
● Physical attack
According to statements published by the victim's mother on Threads and later in an interview with Slawa TV, a young Ukrainian couple, Anastasia and Maksym, were brutally assaulted near a…
● Insult
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…
● Insult
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…
● Physical attack
A Ukrainian couple reported that someone fired at the window of their apartment while they were inside. The projectile damaged the outer layer of the window, and the victim said…
● Discrimination
A video published by NEXTA showed the vandalized car of a Ukrainian woman living in Warsaw. The vehicle had been covered with xenophobic and vulgar graffiti targeting Ukrainians, including slogans…
● Insult
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…
● Physical attack
According to the family's account, on the evening of 18 July 2026 a group of six Ukrainian teenagers aged 13–14 were confronted by an adult woman while speaking Ukrainian near…
● Physical attack
A group of 3–4 intoxicated young men verbally abused a teenage Ukrainian boy on a tram in Poznań. As the boy was leaving the tram, one of the men struck…
● Insult
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…
● Discrimination
A customer called the Rower Express bicycle and scooter store in Warsaw and, after hearing the employee's Ukrainian accent, said he did not want to buy from 'Ukrainians' and asked…
● Insult
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…
● Physical attack
An unidentified man entered the "LAS RĄK" handmade shop in Warsaw and vandalized the interior, destroying part of its handmade products. The case was reported to the police, who are…
● Physical attack
A 19-year-old Ukrainian man was attacked by a group of around a dozen young people after they heard him speaking Ukrainian on the phone with his parents, at Wyspa Słodowa.…
● Discrimination
A group of Polish right-wing activists went to the office of a Ukrainian woman who runs a business assisting foreigners with legalization procedures. The activists, reportedly including two people linked…
● Physical attack
A customer bought alcohol in a shop in Wrocław, then drank beer outside the entrance. After a Ukrainian shop assistant asked him to stop drinking in a public place, the…
● Police raid
More than 600 police officers carried out a one-day operation across Warsaw, nearby districts, and other cities, searching nearly 700 apartments, houses, and hostels. The operation resulted in the arrest…
● Physical attack
A Ukrainian woman was attacked by a Polish man while walking across the Dąbrowa bridge in Łódź. According to her, the man sexually assaulted her by grabbing her breasts and…
● Physical attack
A 15-year-old Ukrainian boy was physically attacked on a city bus in Płock after speaking Ukrainian with his friend. According to the victim, an adult man told them, 'In Poland…
● Physical attack
On the evening of 27 June, a confrontation occurred at Lubianka Reservoir in Starachowice involving Polish citizens and a group of Ukrainian citizens. Initial police statements treated the incident as…
● Insult
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…
● Physical attack
A 14-year-old Ukrainian boy was assaulted in Warsaw on 21 June after a dispute at a bus stop. The incident began when another boy demanded that he perform tricks on…
● Physical attack
On 20 June in the Bródno district of Warsaw, a 44-year-old Ukrainian taxi driver was attacked while completing a ride on Wysockiego Street. After he dropped off female passengers, a…
● Physical attack
A 14-year-old Ukrainian boy was attacked on a playground in Gdańsk on 14 June 2026 after speaking Ukrainian with his friends. According to the family's account, a woman approached him,…
● Physical attack
Two men set fire to the Mur Mur restaurant in Warsaw during the night of 14-15 June. According to the owner, the attackers arrived around 4:00 a.m. wearing hoods and…
● Physical attack
In central Warsaw, a conflict occurred during a street performance by Ukrainian musicians when a passerby reacted aggressively. According to witnesses, he shouted offensive remarks targeting the performers because of…
● Insult
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.…
● Insult
A video circulating on social media shows a security guard at the Fort Wola shopping center in Warsaw aggressively confronting two young Ukrainian men, hurling nationalist insults at them and…
● Physical attack
On the evening of May 8th, in Radom, four men aged 30-40 approached a 20-year-old Ukrainian and asked for a cigarette. Upon hearing his Polish accent, they demanded he sing…
● Physical attack
On the evening of May 7th, a group of around ten Polish youths violently attacked a group of Ukrainian teenagers near the Świętokrzyski Bridge in Warsaw. The attackers, who initially…
● Physical attack
In Olsztyn, a 14-year-old Ukrainian boy was violently attacked by a group of adult men after a minor dispute in a park. The incident began when the victim's 12-year-old brother…
● Insult
On April 27, in a Żabka store on Rembertowska Street in Poznań, a 34-year-old local man dressed as a priest verbally abused a Ukrainian woman working there. Another Ukrainian bystander…
● Insult
In Brzeg, a Ukrainian woman with her two children aged 3 and 4 was approached by two women who shouted phrases such as 'go to the front' and 'shut your…
● Physical attack
A passenger attempted to strike a taxi driver, and shouted "Fuck Ukraine" and "Fuck Ukrainians." He then attacked a police officer.
● Physical attack
On the evening of April 4th, around 11:00 PM, near the Imperial Castle in Poznań, a Polish woman attacked two Ukrainian girls aged approximately 14–15 years old. A bystander named…
● Physical attack
A 20-year-old Ukrainian man experiencing homelessness was brutally attacked at Pasaż Wiecha in central Warsaw. The assault was captured on surveillance footage, which showed a man approaching the victim and…
● Physical attack
On March 16, 2026, around 18:00 in Warsaw, a conflict occurred on tram line 22 on Aleje Jerozolimskie near the Krucza 05 stop between a 28-year-old Polish man and a…
● Police raid
On March 2–3, 2026, a nationwide operation to detain wanted persons was carried out in Poland, coordinated by the Criminal Bureau of the National Police Headquarters. A total of 26,496…
● Physical attack
Two Ukrainian nationals, Ivan S. and Vasyl H., were attacked with a machete on the evening of February 19, 2026, at a residential property in Przasnysz. The attackers, Mateusz P.…
● Insult
The incident occurred on the night of 17–18 February in a residential building on 1 Maja Street in Szczecin. A 19-year-old and a 15-year-old were involved in the attack. They…
● Physical attack
On February 14 in Warsaw’s district Praga-Północ, a group of five men attacked a Ukrainian citizen after hearing his accent. The attackers were carrying telescopic batons, pepper spray, and objects…
● Physical attack
A 27-year-old pregnant Ukrainian woman, Anastasiya, and her husband were attacked by a taxi driver in central Warsaw on February 12, 2026, near plac Grzybowski. The driver shouted xenophobic remarks…
● Insult
A man speaking Polish has been insulting a Ukrainian in Poznań.
● Physical attack
Late in the evening of February 7, an attack on two Ukrainian women occurred on a street in Pruszków. According to initial reports, the incident involved an aggressive group linked…
● Physical attack
During a bus trip from Poland to Germany, a conflict arose between a group of Polish passengers and a Ukrainian citizen, which escalated into a physical altercation.
● Physical attack
On 11 December 2025 in a tram in Poznań, two 27-year-old men carried out verbal and physical violence against a passenger who was speaking Ukrainian. The victim was a citizen…
● Police raid
Police and the Border Guard launched a series of large-scale inspections targeting foreigners in Poznań, including checks at worker hostels and buses transporting mainly foreign employees. During the first operation,…
● Physical attack
A trial has begun in Wrocław against Małgorzata C. and her partner Dawid Ł., who are accused of attacking 17-year-old Aliona K., a Ukrainian cashier working at a Żabka store…
● Detention for deportation
A 42-year-old Ukrainian train driver was detained after operating a Kyiv–Chełm passenger train under the influence of alcohol. The situation was reported by customs officers who noticed signs of intoxication…
● Physical attack
Two Ukrainian women, Wira and Valentyna, were attacked by a neighbor in the courtyard of their residential complex. The man, estimated to be about 50 years old, verbally abused them…
● Physical attack
After shopping at a Biedronka supermarket, a Ukrainian couple was attacked while loading groceries into their car. A drunk man approached them, asked where they were from, and upon hearing…
● Insult
During a stop of a Ukraine–Estonia bus at a gas station, a Polish man began verbally harassing Ukrainian women. A Latvian passenger stepped in to defend them, which led to…
● Physical attack
In a bus on line 190, a 38-year-old man verbally abused Ukrainian passengers with xenophobic slurs and physically attacked 51-year-old activist Zenobia Żaczek, causing injuries. He was later arrested at…
● Insult
During a roadside intervention in Gdańsk, two plainclothes police officers verbally abused a foreign driver, using xenophobic and offensive language. A recording of the incident circulated on social media, showing…
● Insult
A group of young people attacked a taxi driven by a Ukrainian migrant. During the incident, the attackers voiced xenophobic remarks, expressing resentment about him working in Poland.
● Detention for deportation
A 21-year-old Ukrainian citizen and a 17-year-old Belarusian girl were detained for flying a drone over government buildings near Belweder, an area under a no-fly zone. The Ukrainian man was…
● Insult
City councilor Sylwia Cisoń (Civic Coalition) verbally attacked a taxi driver with xenophobic insults, telling him to "go back to your country," despite him speaking fluent Polish and remaining calm.…
● Detention for deportation
A 42-year-old Ukrainian citizen was detained after repeated minor offenses, mostly petty thefts of alcohol. Police reported that between January and September 2025, he was involved in eight such incidents.…
● Physical attack
Two Ukrainian men and a young woman were attacked near a Żabka store after being verbally abused with xenophobic slurs by a group of four Polish men. When the Ukrainians…