Cases
● Physical attack
On or around 8 September 2026, in the middle of the day, a 20-year-old Ukrainian citizen was crossing the street at the junction of Świętokrzyska and Nowy Świat in central…
● Insult
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…
● Physical attack
On the weekend of 5-6 September 2026, at around 8 p.m., a woman was sitting on a bench on one of the streets near Nowy Świat in central Warsaw, talking…
● Insult
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…
● Physical attack
In late August 2026, in central Warsaw, a man was assaulted in the street after passers-by heard him speaking a foreign language. According to his own video account, he was…
● Discrimination
On 28 August 2026, in a public administration office (urząd) in Warsaw, a Ukrainian woman who was waiting in the queue with her infant was pushed back in favour of…
● Discrimination
In August 2026, in a hospital in Warsaw, a few-month-old Ukrainian infant was admitted at night in critical condition with suspected urosepsis, a systemic infection that is rapidly fatal in…
● Discrimination
On 24 August 2026 in Warsaw, a Russian-speaking foreign woman went to an appointment at a LuxMed private medical centre. She had been referred to the specialist by her internist…
● Physical attack
On or around 23 August 2026, on a street in Warsaw, two Polish women attacked two young men outside a shop after identifying them as Ukrainians. In the video filmed…
● Discrimination
On or around 23 August 2026, in central Warsaw (Śródmieście), a Belarusian-Polish man, his wife and two friends visiting from Belarus took shelter from the rain under the awning of…
● Insult
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…
● Physical attack
On 22 August 2026 a Polish woman verbally and physically attacked Ukrainian women in the toilets of the Kino Atlantic cinema in central Warsaw (Śródmieście). According to the account of…
● Physical attack
On the evening of 21 August 2026, a Ukrainian woman was walking to the Kino Femina cinema in central Warsaw (Śródmieście) while quietly talking on the phone. As she passed…
● Physical attack
On the evening of 18 August 2026 in Warsaw, a Ukrainian family who had driven to a shop for groceries were attacked in the car park by two drunk Polish…
● Insult
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…
● Physical attack
On the evening of 15 August 2026, at around 22:00, a Belarusian man named Siarhei and his wife were attacked in Warsaw while walking their dog near their home. According…
● Physical attack
According to an account published by the girl's mother, a Ukrainian teenage girl lost two front teeth after being punched in the face in a park in Warsaw. The girl,…
● Physical attack
For four consecutive days, a Ukrainian man living in Warsaw was followed, confronted and harassed by a Polish neighbor. In footage he filmed on 12 August 2026 in a residential…
● Insult
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…
● Physical attack
At around 00:25, a group of intoxicated young Polish men attacked a Ukrainian man who was simply walking by while speaking Ukrainian on the phone. According to an eyewitness, the…
● Insult
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…
● Discrimination
A Ukrainian woman, Elena Bahinska, reported that after a Polish driver crashed into her car, police did not issue him a fine and instead allegedly tried to make her responsible…
● Insult
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…
● Discrimination
The Ukrainian Gremi Borsch Fest was cancelled in Warsaw after its organizers reportedly spent six months unsuccessfully seeking a venue. Both private venue owners and the city authorities refused to…
● Insult
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.…
● Physical attack
On the afternoon of August 3, 2026, around 16:00, three teenage boys, believed to be about 16 years old, followed a 14-year-old Ukrainian boy near a shopping center in Warsaw's…
● Physical attack
A cyclist riding outside the designated bicycle lane hit a Ukrainian woman and another pedestrian near Kondratowicza metro station. After the woman objected to the cyclist's riding, the cyclist became…
● Insult
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…
● Insult
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…
● Physical attack
A Belarusian woman was attacked near Rondo ONZ in central Warsaw after a passerby heard her speaking with a foreign accent during a phone call. According to her account, the…
● Insult
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…
● Insult
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…
● 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…
● 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…
● Police raid
Polish Border Guard officers, together with Warsaw traffic police, carried out inspections targeting app-based passenger transport drivers to verify the legality of foreigners' residence and employment. During the checks, they…
● Discrimination
A Belarusian citizen was refused a consumer loan application by a Santander bank after asking to continue a verification phone call in English instead of Polish. According to the reported…
● 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…
● Physical attack
A woman from Georgia, approximately 50 years old, was attacked at night on a Warsaw N33 bus after speaking Russian on the phone. According to a witness report, an unknown…
● Physical attack
A Belarusian man, Valentin, reported that he was punched in the face without warning by an unknown man while waiting for a taxi at night in central Warsaw. The attacker…
● Physical attack
According to reports posted in the Telegram chat 'Belarusians of Warsaw', a Belarusian man was attacked after asking a woman not to smoke near him at Aleja Solidarności 83/84. The…
● 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…
● 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…
● Insult
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…
● Physical attack
A 14-year-old Ukrainian boy was assaulted in Warsaw on 20 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 37-year-old U.S. citizen was brutally attacked on a tram near Plac Unii Lubelskiej in Warsaw. The victim had boarded the tram with friends and was talking loudly when another…
● Discrimination
A group of four men wearing clothing resembling law-enforcement uniforms was seen in central Warsaw approaching foreigners near the Central Railway Station and claiming to check whether they were legally…
● 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
A taxi driver from Azerbaijan, who has been living legally in Poland for four years, was attacked near Warsaw's Gdański Railway Station after an unidentified man ran up to his…
● 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…
● Physical attack
On 24 May 2026, at a playground on Staffa street in Warsaw, an unidentified man attacked an 11-year-old boy from Ukraine. The boy's mother published an account of the incident…
● 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…
● Discrimination
A Threads user @oscarbarsuk reported that on 13 May at the PKO Rotunda branch in Warsaw, a bank employee named Wiktoria W. refused to update her residence card details (the…
● 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
A woman hit a person twice and said "I hate Ukrainians" on a Warsaw city bus for no apparent reason, as the person was silent and not talking to anyone.…
● 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…
● Police raid
Police, Border Guard and tax authorities carried out a large-scale operation at Warsaw's Bakalarska Market in the Włochy district and the Różycki Bazaar, sealing off the markets, checking everyone inside,…
● 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 February 22, Polish border guards and police inspected six hostels in Warsaw, identifying six foreigners residing illegally in the country. One Georgian was listed in the EU as an…
● 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…