The independent Belarusian portal MOST Media reported that on Telegram, in chats for emigrants, $500 was offered for painting the inscription “Glory to UPA” on monuments in Poland. Payment was proposed in cryptocurrency, with a BLIK code or in cash.
What the advertisement said
According to MOST Media, a editorial office based in Białystok, the recruiter wrote in Russian from an account with an anonymous number. He was looking for a “screen printing specialist” to work in Poznań. He promised $500 for a single shift, reimbursement of travel costs both ways and “safe working conditions”.
Journalists contacted the advertiser under cover. He then reportedly specified that the job involved applying the inscription “Glory to UPA” to monuments and attaching a QR code, which would be delivered separately.
Payment: crypto, BLIK, cash
The recruiter offered “anonymous” forms of payment: in cryptocurrency, with a BLIK code withdrawn from an ATM, or in cash handed over in person. He also claimed that similar jobs were carried out in other cities, including Warsaw, Wrocław and Lublin.
However, the anonymity of such a payment is limited. A BLIK code is generated in a Polish bank’s app, so a trace remains in the banking system on the sender’s side.
An earlier case in court
The editorial office recalls the trial of a Ukrainian citizen charged with 47 offences. The National Prosecutor’s Office described in the indictment that one charge concerns participation in a criminal group conducting sabotage and subversion activities for a foreign intelligence service. A further 45 charges concern acts of sabotage and subversion on behalf of foreign intelligence, mainly placing the inscriptions “Glory to UPA” and red-and-black flags at memorial sites. The inscriptions appeared, among other places, at the Warsaw Ghetto Heroes Monument, the “Volhynian Massacre” monument in Domostawa and a monument in Wrocław.
The accused was detained in August 2025. The Internal Security Agency (ABW) reported at the time several dozen acts involving painting flags with the slogan “Glory to UPA” on façades and monuments. We wrote about this in our article about the detention of a Ukrainian teenager.
As of publication, neither the prosecutor’s office nor the ABW had commented on the advertisements described by MOST Media. There is also no confirmation that the Poznań advertisement is linked to specific, recent acts of vandalism.
