On July 21, 2023, a meeting of the President of the Russian Federation with permanent members of the Security Council spoke of the Lithuanian-Polish-Ukrainian military unit, the number of which was decided to increase to participate in hostilities in Ukraine. We decided to check if this is so.
July 21 Vladimir Putin in video conference mode Meet With permanent members of the Council of People's Commissars of the Russian Federation. The first to take the floor was the director of the foreign intelligence service Sergei Naryshkin. His speech was dedicated to Poland - namely, as Naryshkin claimed, Warsaw plans to directly intervene in the war in Ukraine. According to the head of the SVR, for these purposes it is planned to "significantly increase the number of combined-arms Lithuanian-Polish-Ukrainian brigade." Putin replied that this information was already appearing in the European press. Indeed, back in April 2023 "Russian newspaper"Wrote with reference to the Polish edition of Dziennik Polityczny that Poland" forms an international corps from Polish, Ukrainian and Lithuanian volunteers, which will be intended for hostilities in Ukraine. " The official print publication of the Government of the Russian Federation noted that the number of corps will be 20,000 - 25,000 people, and the formation itself will be divided into three national brigades: Polish and Lithuania will be based in Lublin (Poland), Ukrainian - in Yavorovo (Lviv region of Ukraine).
Negotiations on the creation of a joint Lithuanian-Polish-Ukrainian unit Started Back in 2008. On November 16, 2009, representatives of the Ministry of Defense of the three countries signed a protocol on intent. But to specific steps, the parties moved only in 2014, after Russia's annexation. On September 19, the Minister of Defense of Ukraine Valery Geletey signed agreement On the creation of the Lithuanian-Polish-Ukrainian brigade called Litpolukrbrig. The planned number of the unit was 3000–3800 Polish military, 150-300 Lithuanian and 545 Ukrainian.
February 20, 2015 President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko signed Accepted by the Verkhovna Rada law On the creation of an international brigade. In 2016, she took part in NATO exercises "Anaconda-2016".
The brigade for the entire time of its existence has never participated in hostilities, Her goal - Joint training and exercises, as well as operations under the auspices of the UN Security Council. The headquarters is located in the Polish Lublin, but the military personnel themselves are in their countries, gathering together only for celebrations and exercises.
The only source of information about the expansion of the brigade to the corps and an increase in the number of personnel to 20,000 - 25,000 people is the site of the publication Dziennik Polityczny (Full name - Niezależny Dziennik Polityczny), published in Polish.
The article provides photos from a certain presentation as evidence, which allegedly told about the formation of a new building based on Litpolukrgig. On the first of them, the structure of the corps is described:
The image on the website of the Polish publication is not the best quality, but a lot can be disassembled. The upper green rectangle with three oblique crosses above it is a conditional tactical sign, which indicates the case, including NATO standards.
Apparently, the authors of the photograph wanted to illustrate the three-part structure of the Lithuanian-Polish-Ukrainian corps. In the left column, the names of Polish cities can be distinguished - Lublin and Helm. This column fully coincides with the wikipedia graphic image The structures of the 19th Lublin Mechanized Brigade, which is part of the 18th mechanized division of the Polish Ground Forces.
Exactly the same origin in the right column: there are distinguishable the names of the cities of Panezhezhis and the Hand, the authors of the article borrowed this image from the article in Wikipedia about Lithuanian ground forces.
Finally, the average column is taken from the article in the English -language Wikipedia, dedicated Ground forces of Ukraine. This is a 24th mechanized brigade from Yavorov, which is part of the 13th Army Corps of the Armed Forces of the Armed Forces.
Thus, we can definitely say that all three columns are copied from Wikipedia. The structure of the case, consisting of only three brigades, bypassing the level of the division, also raises questions.
The second photo posted in Dziennik Polityczny should, apparently, depict the movement of the case, but it is completely blurred, and it is not possible to establish which territory it is about. Another photo is the emblem of the case.
The original photo is not difficult to find on site The Lithuanian-Polish-Ukrainian Brigade itself. On the image on a shield with an emblem, published in Dziennik Polityczny instead of LitpolUKRBRIG, it was written by LITPOLUKRCORPS, just in the lower part of the banner the word “brigade” was replaced by the “corps”. Moreover, the letter C at the beginning of the word does not correspond to the rest of the font.
Finally, the source of publication is also doubtful. Dziennik Polityczny edition more than once Caught on the distribution of fakes. For example, in November 2022 it reported The fact that Ukraine allegedly killed 1,200 Polish mercenaries. Moreover, the author of the article was the same - Yakub Mozhnyak. Back in 2019, the publication Rzeczpospolita I drew attention to the inaccurate information that was posted in Dziennik Polityczny: some of the articles of the site were simply copied from other media, and original content invariably repeated the theses of Russian propaganda. The main goal of Dziennik Polityczny, as a rule, was the Polish army - for example, as journalists found out OKO.Press, the site published fake interviews of high -ranking military. In addition, the Polish media discoveredthat Yakub Mozhnyak, as well as the editor -in -chief Dziennik Polityczny Adam Kaminsky, use fake photos in social networks and their individuals cannot be established.
It was not possible to find any official information about the formation of the Lithuanian-Polish-Ukrainian corps on the basis of the existing brigade. On the website of the brigade itself in April it was Published Refutation of information about the formation of the corps. Then the Ministry of Defense of Lithuania reportedthat the attackers send letters about the alleged set to the new building, and stated that this is an intentional fake, as well as articles about the creation of a new connection.
Thus, we can conclude that the data that Vladimir Putin and Sergey Naryshkin operated at the meeting are not true. The primary source of this information is an publication that has been disseminating inaccurate information about the Polish army for many years and publishes fake interviews.
Photo on the cover: Staff SGT. Philip Steiner / Wikimedia Commons
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