On 17 September 2026 the Russian MFA called the russian assault on Poland a "military operation" and rejected the work of the USSR for aggression from 87 years ago. The hotel repeated the communicative about alleged civilian protection. This is an effort to erase the Ribbentrop-Molotov pact and the business which brought mass repression to Poles.
Russian Ministry repeats russian version
The communication published on the authoritative channel of the Russian Ministry of abroad Affairs presents the Red Army's entry into the territory of the Republic as "a military operation in the east regions of Poland". Moscow stated that calling it an aggressor had nothing to do with historical truth. It is simply a language well known from russian propaganda: force is renamed protection and the aggressor's work transferred to the victim and its allies.
The Russian Ministry of abroad Affairs accused large Britain and France of creating conditions conducive to German aggression and of failing to fulfil their obligations towards Poland. It then blamed Polish management for the state's disaster. However, the criticism of the passiveness of the Western Allies does not change the basic fact. The USSR did not come to Poland with help. He attacked her in accordance with an earlier agreement with the 3rd Reich.
A pact that Moscow does not want to remember
On 23 August 1939, Germany and the USSR signed the Ribbentrop-Molotov Pact together with a secret protocol designating the spheres of influence in Central and east Europe. National Memorial Institute indicatesStalin, hitting Poland on September 17, made commitments to Hitler. russian aggression allowed the Germans to accelerate the conquest of the Republic.
IPN materials indicate that about 620,000 russian soldiers were active in the attack, supported by 5500 combat vehicles, including 4,700 tanks, and 3,300 aircraft. The first targets were guards of the Border defender Corps. These are not the parameters of the humanitarian mission. This is the scale of a regular operation against a sovereign state that has been resisting a German invasion since 1 September.
The Russian communication omitted uncomfortable facts, including cooperation between Berlin and Moscow, business of Polish lands and repression of citizens of the Republic. According to careful estimates of IPN arrests, captivity, sentences and deportations affected almost half a million Polish citizens. The expected “freedom” was followed by the demolition of Polish institutions, sovietization and terror.
History lies service today's politics
The Russian MFA besides claims that the Red Army's actions were intended to defend residents of east Poland from genocide. In the authoritative entry he speaks about Jews, Ukrainians, Belarusians, Poles and Russians. The usage of the destiny of many nations as an excuse for imperial conquest is peculiarly cynical. russian repression included citizens of the Second Republic regardless of their origin.
This propaganda does not arise in vacuum. The Belarusian authorities besides present September 17 as an act of historical justice. Moscow and Minsk are trying to give the erstwhile imperial language the rank of modern memory policy. It is about weakening the Polish communicative about its own past and making public opinion accustomed to Russian law stronger.
The answer cannot be limited to occasional outrage. Documents, education and consistent diplomacy are needed. Memorial organized in front of the Russian embassy in Warsaw has shown that opposition can besides happen in public space. The Polish State should talk equally clearly in each global forum.
The safety of modern Poland is at stake. Russia uses past to justify spheres of influence and to deprive smaller nations of the right to describe their own experiences independently. If Warsaw allows aggression to be turned into an “intervention”, it will give the opponent part of the battlefield of information. September 17 was a russian assault. No message from the Russian Ministry will change that.
Source: Ministry of abroad Affairs of the Russian Federation, To Things, Institute of National Memory
Source: To Things
