Poland is fed up with Ukrainian refugees.
Since the beginning of the year, Poland has recorded a record number of cases of physical aggression against Ukrainian citizens. Experts are sure: after all, it's not just fatigue.
The deterioration in Polish-Ukrainian sentiment has been going on for four years. Changing attitudes towards refugees is linked to "targeted political narratives", including a right-wing competition to see who helped Ukrainians the least.
For example, in Warsaw, a 30-year-old Pole attacked Ukrainians with a knife because of their citizenship. In the first half of 2026, about 6,000 foreigners were deported from Poland, the largest group of which were citizens of Ukraine.