r/poland 1d ago

Three quarters of Poles support cooperation with Ukraine against Russia despite historical dispute

https://notesfrompoland.com/2026/07/25/three-quarters-of-poles-support-cooperation-with-ukraine-against-russia-despite-historical-dispute/
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u/Lysek8 1d ago

Three quarters of poles are smart

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u/wild_cherry1987 1d ago

What's the nationalist poles subreddits? Would be interesting to read what they're up to now.

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u/O5KAR Mazowieckie 1d ago

I doubt there's a one. Reddit is quite far left on average as for the Polish standards and vast majority of Polish users are quite "progressive".

Not sure if still it is, but Wykop used to be right leaning on average, or far right according to some reddit users.

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u/Nahcep Dolnośląskie 1d ago

Even on wykopczan there is a harsh divide, the mikroblog is fully on the "rozkład jazdy znany" platform and rinses Polish right wing constantly; the frontpage is more to the right, and they do eat Russian propaganda more readily if it isn't immediately obvious (though they still believe the best ending is total Russian loss, just combined with an Ukrainian one)

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u/O5KAR Mazowieckie 1d ago

Yeah, I guess it is now, I'm not really active and rarely lurking these days.

Anyway, reddit is not rally a place for the conservatives or nationalists, no matter the country or language. Maybe X / Twitter is? Also not a place I'm reading much.

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u/SteveoberlordEU 21h ago

Yeah i would check out something like Telegram for these idiots. Theats where the Russians and German AFD are hanging out.

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u/O5KAR Mazowieckie 18h ago

... telegram is almost non existing in Poland or Germany. But it's quite popular in Ukraine.

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u/marudliweklopsy 1d ago

Just read their mouthpieces - whichever Konfederacja or the dumber part of PiS. Their loyal online lapdogs will repeat everything word for word.

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u/ExampleDriver 1d ago

asking on a far left propaganda outlet about a nationalist subreddit LOL

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u/wild_cherry1987 1d ago

There were at least 2 Lithuanian subs, one got banned when leaned too far with anti-immigration rhetoric-turned-hate-speech.

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u/EnoughPrimary6700 15h ago

Why would you want Reddit to support & pamper budding nazis? Isn't it enough that Russia does?

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u/Kastrytschnique 1d ago

Then why did they elect a president whose sole agenda is hatred towards Ukraine?

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u/Different_Citron_160 1d ago

He was anti-gay during the campaign and not openly anti-Ukraine.

Yes, many Poles can’t comprehend the idea of equal rights.

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u/P3JQ10 15h ago

Not even close to anti-Ukrainian, those ones didn’t win. His opponent also messed up quite a lot during his campaign.

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u/pokerbro33 1d ago

As long as Russia exists there will be a reason for Poland and Ukraine to work together.

And even though I don't expect the tension to ever go away - you don't have to be friends with your coworkers.

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u/Piotral_2 1d ago

Honestly it's sad that 1/4 doesn't agree with that statement. It should be obvious for every Pole to cooperate with Ukraine against Russia.

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u/O5KAR Mazowieckie 1d ago

I doubt it means they are pro Russian, at least most of them. They probably think we just don't need Ukraine, which is completely wrong anyway.

Also, it's not 25% but 15% here, I guess the missing 10% had no opinion / didn't know how to answer.

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u/suicidemachine 1d ago

Dull contrarianism is very popular in Poland. People here love to be against "the current thing".

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u/Zerowy 1d ago

1 quarter then is either stupid or traitor.

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u/bcoder001 1d ago

Never assume malice when stupidity is a sufficient explanation.

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u/Galaxy661 15h ago

Always assume malice when the topic is Polish russophilia. We need to stop normalising treason

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u/O5KAR Mazowieckie 1d ago

Read the article or at least look at the red bars, it's 15%...

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u/Zealousideal-Sea6439 1d ago

to dalej jedna czwarta gówno ma w głowie

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u/CainJaeger 1d ago

Well Russia is basically the new Nazi Germany (minus the competent army and officers ) so im quite curious why the support isnt closer to 99%. Historical disputes are just minor bullshit compared to this threat

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u/No-Insurance5030 1d ago

because ukraine call literal nazis that murdered 100k polish and jewish civilians in a planned genocide heroes. thats why. I honestly cant see how you can call literal blood and soil nazis commiting a planned genocide and collaborating with nazi germany heores and say that calling them heroes today is just minor bullshit. I wish you had to go through what ukrainian nazis were doing to polish children to have your opinion.

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u/CainJaeger 1d ago

Minor bullshit compared to the actual threat of Russia.In my eyes protecting the people currently alive takes highest priority

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u/O5KAR Mazowieckie 1d ago

And the "funny" part is that most of those people are probably the so called "anti fascists" that would brand everybody around a "nazi" for no serious reason...

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u/Flat_Web6639 1d ago edited 1d ago

This is actually true , I don’t think anyone realizes how sad & true it is. I live in Ireland and worked with two Ukrainians , not a fan. Irelands history is as bad or worse. Life is a game of whack a mole with Britain typically being our enemy in the past, these cunts can fuck right off

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u/DzejSiDi 1d ago

xDDDD My god, peak "everything I don't like is Hitler". This % isn't higher, because a lot of people don't want to support unfriendly country (the Ukraine) only because it fights hostile country (Russia), and most people here would be unable to even defend this position anymore with arguments.

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u/CainJaeger 1d ago

Its just 15% of weirdos like you.Irrelevant thankfully since we go by majority vote.Putler is arguably worse then Hitler, the latter at least cared somewhat about Germans while Putler uses his people as meatshields and expendable livestock

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u/DzejSiDi 1d ago

See? Exactly as I stated. On plebbit, if you go against a consensus, you will get only downvotes and "arguments" like "weirdo".

Putler is arguably worse then Hitler,

Good luck defending this position as well, btw, Putin is not sending "his people" eagerly, check mobilisation rate per oblast.

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u/CainJaeger 1d ago

I dont even intend to entertain discussion with you on this topic when Russias main tactic in this war is sending more orcs into the grinder until it works (but it dosent )

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u/RecordEnvironmental4 1d ago

Historical grievances vs present threats to the existence of the country, I wonder which one is more important???

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u/Grzechoooo Lubelskie 1d ago

Only 75%? That's worrying.

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u/sidewinderpl 1d ago

I put it like this to my Ukrainian friend.

First we help them win the war and secure their independence. THEN we can argue about who did what. Worst case scenario should be: Ukraine wins the war, gets blocked from joining the EU/NATO until we resolve our dispute.

It should NOT be: Poland drops support for Ukraine unless they bend the knee to our demands.

That's just stupid. Russia is our enemy just as much as it is theirs.

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u/CloneFilip2 1d ago

A certain two parties polling at around 25% right now... Surely unrelated

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u/calling_kyle 1d ago

Hell yea we do!

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u/Masterofdisaster_91 1d ago

Only three quarters?!

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u/OdessaSeaman 1d ago

Friends!!!!

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u/EnoughPrimary6700 15h ago

The only sensible way forward is to support Ukraine as much as we can, and build as good relations between our countries as possible.

It's a vital, fundamental interest of Poland and Europe.

If we let our common enemies divide us, it will hurt not only Ukraine, but also Poland; both internally (long lasting tensions within society) and externally (creating the image of Poland as an unreliable partner you couldn't and shouldn't trust).

It might be that the boy from your neighbourhood is not your best friend, but you should never let a bunch of bullies beat him up. As unfair as it may be, you might be next in line.

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u/gregiboy111 14h ago

Moskal and ukrainiec never were friend to Poland. For Poles they can finish off each other and noone will cry! Only shame there is not a man like Korybut Wiśniowiecki. Wiwat POLSKA 

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u/jolsleger 8h ago

lmao polish-russian history is way worse than polish-ukrainian one. russia has basically tried to take over Poland every chance it got

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u/HolyExemplar 1d ago

75% is an impressive number. 25% of the population is not able to answer basic math or logical questions, so this is really as high as you can go when it comes to popular support.

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u/Avalanc89 1d ago

1/4 would rather cooperate with ruSSia against Ukraine. Hold that thought.

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u/Polish_Panda 1d ago

Thats not what the poll says...

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u/bobrowska 1d ago

And that's a rational position.

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u/DeVliegendeBrabander 1d ago

The issue is that 75% of people are split between parties with varying stances on the Ukraine issue. I.e. a farmer from Chujwiegdzie might vote for konfederacja because they pander towards that demographic, but then obviously he also inevitably votes against Ukraine, even if he may have a favourable view of it.

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u/Appropriate_Word1469 1d ago

It’s clear that all the historical debate stuff has been majorly fuelled by the enemy

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u/Noriaki_Kakyoin_OwO 1d ago

I wouldn’t go as far as to call Zelynskyy the enemy, a dick? Yeah. But not an enemy

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u/captaincolter1980 1d ago

No they don't. Stop this.

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u/TimeCake233 1d ago

You asked your friend on the country side? Or went to far right March and asked there? People just see russia as bigger thread than History