Poland’s Digital Affairs Minister Carzitov Jokovsky said on Tuesday that the country is facing an unprecedented attempt by Russia to interfere in its presidential elections, while the campaign is entering in the final stages before the first round of voting on May 18.
The Polish government states this Its role as a center for assistance in Ukraine The target country has made it important for sabotage, electronic attacks, and Russian wrong information.
Therefore, Warsaw will be in the maximum warning of intervention, especially yet Romania canceled presidential elections in December Because of the allegations of Russian intervention, it is claimed.
Russia has repeatedly denied the accusations of interfering in foreign elections and criticized the decision to cancel the claim in Romania.
“During the current presidential elections in Poland, we are facing an unprecedented attempt to interfere with the electoral process of Russia,” Jokovsky told the defense conference.
According to him, “This is done … (by) spreading wrong information with hybrid attacks on the critical infrastructure of the Polish infrastructure in order to paralyze the natural performance of the state.”
The Ministry continued to mention that the attacks targeted water and sanitation companies, heating and energy factories and state management bodies.
He stated that the level of Russian activity in terms of electronic attacks in Poland increased weakness compared to last year.
“Today, in Poland, every minute of my speech was recorded, about ten incidents against critical infrastructure,”
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The Russian embassy in Warsaw did not immediately respond to the commentary that he sent via email.
The country said in March that there was an electronic attack on the Polish space agency.
In 2024, Poland said that the government news agency may have been attacked by a Russian electronic.
Warsaw and the allies also claimed that Moscow was behind the actions of criminal fire and sabotage in Europe. Moscow rejects allegations.