Russian provocation: a fake about a referendum to be held in Lviv is being spread online

Russian provocation: a fake about a referendum to be held in Lviv is being spread online

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Russian propaganda spreads a fake about a referendum on Lviv's accession to Poland, which the Center for Strategic Communications of Ukraine refuted as a provocation aimed at sowing discord.

The aggressor country spread information online that Ukrainians  are allegedly receiving calls from Polish numbers regarding a "referendum on reunification referendum." The Center for for Strategic Communications called it a Russian provocation, UNN reports.

Lies: Poles from the Public Opinion Research Center are calling Ukrainians to ask whether they will go to the referendum on reunification with Poland, which will be held in Lviv and the region on January 5, 2024. Ukrainians themselves talk about this on social media

- the report says.

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The agency noted that these calls were not made by representatives of Poland, but Russian fake news makers.

No referendum on the accession of Lviv region to Poland will be held, as it contradicts the legislation of Ukraine, is a threat to the territorial integrity of the state and its security,

- the government organization emphasized.

They also noted that with the help of such provocations, the Russians are trying to to split Ukrainian society and support the narrative that Poland is planning to to occupy western Ukraine.

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