US and Poland Launch Center to Counter Russian Disinformation

Both countries also signed an agreement, endorsed by 17 other countries, on fighting information manipulation by foreign actors.

The seal of the State Department at the State Department in Washington on May 11, 2018. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images

The United States and Poland began an international operation on June 10 in the Polish capital aimed at helping Ukraine counter Russian disinformation.

Special Envoy for the U.S. State Department James Rubin, responsible for countering disinformation, and Polish Foreign Minister’s Plenipotentiary Tomasz Chłoń, tasked with the same mandate, established a new Ukraine Communications Group to counter Russian disinformation on Ukraine, according to a statement by the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs.