A Ukrainian woman pasted hateful posts and wrote that we should not publish any information about the situation in Ukraine because it only escalates Poles’ aggression toward Ukrainians.

A Ukrainian woman is writing to you. I beg you, I really beg you, do not make posts about the situation in our country; you do not even know how your people treat us... I beg you. We are in deep shock. For us, even one comment now is like a stab in the heart. Not all Ukrainians are idiots, as people there think; some have even learned to read and write in Polish, but now, today, on this bloody, black day, above all for us—in the name of the Ukrainians who work here legally, often 12 hours a day, pay taxes and rent apartments—do not make posts about Ukraine! I beg you.

Hateful comments did indeed appear under posts expressing solidarity with Ukraine. A resident of Legnica County wrote (the spelling of all posts is reproduced in the original):

as for the whores in my opinion they should be ignored gather strong allies for defense so that our country is safe.

A resident of Bolesławiec County added:

Eee let’s put the brakes on this solidarity

Rafał’s post received the most likes. He wrote:

For those who defend Ukraine, get your asses moving and go there OUR POLISH DUTY IS TO DEFEND OUR COUNTRY WHEN SUCH A Need arises and not fucking meddle in something that does not concern us.

The Ukrainian woman who wrote to us did not hide her sadness and pain at the posts appearing under the reports.

I did not expect that yesterday I would have to cry so much because of these comments; I did not expect the Polish nation to have so much aggression toward us. Toward us, while bombs are being dropped all over the country, everywhere, at night in Kyiv... I did not expect to feel inside again the same pain as in 2014, when, in addition to a major online argument with Russians, I would be reading very similar wishes of death for our people... from Poles. Because we take jobs, because of Volhynia, because of the bandera, because we drink vodka (all of us, of course), because we rent apartments and get in your way.

We are publishing this information to encourage people of goodwill to write words of support and create a true image of Polish men and women online as well: compassionate, helpful people who stand in solidarity with Ukrainian women and men. Because that is who we are.

On Friday, February 25, at 5:00 p.m., a meeting of people expressing solidarity with Ukraine will be held at the Market Square in Bolesławiec: Solidarity with Ukraine #standwithukraine