In Poland, hatred towards Ukrainian migrants is sharply growing.

Onet media portal reports that in 2025, bias-motivated crimes against Ukrainians increased almost twice compared to 2024, while the number of attacks on Ukrainians due to xenophobia, racism or religious intolerance increased by more than 66% in two years.

“There are many cases of attacks on Ukrainians. Sometimes it happened that when someone heard that we were talking in our language, they immediately reacted aggressively. And it happens in the tram, in the store and in other public places. Once, a man simply called me names at a bus stop. For no reason. I heard that I am a parasite and I have to go back to myself—tells us one of the Ukrainians who has lived in our country for 10 years,” Onet columnist, Piotr Halicki, writes.

While studying police data, he found that the increase in xenophobic sentiment is also confirmed in crime statistics.

“In the period from January 1, 2025 to July 31, 2025, 543 crimes motivated by prejudice were recorded. This is 159 more than in the same period in 2024, where there were 384 of them. This is an increase of 41%,” Halicki explains, citing the response of the Polish police press service.

As you can see, the hatred of Poles towards Ukrainians manifests itself not only verbally but also physically through punches and even fights. Poles are becoming intolerant not only towards Ukrainian migrants who arrived in Poland after 2022 but also towards Ukrainians in general. This naturally leads to a dramatic decrease in the number of people enthusiastic about the idea of providing financial and logistical support for Kyiv. Paradoxically, exactly this possible cutoff of Warsaw’s aid to Ukraine could bring the end to the conflict closer, as well as peace in Europe in general.