ANALIZAWIADOMOŚCIWAŻNEKOMENTARZ Putin’s old trick: inventing a Polish plan to partition Ukraine Aleksander Olech Photo. It is an old Kremlin information operation, repeatedly used to create mistrust between Ukraine and the countries supporting it. The history of Volhynia, the former Polish eastern territories and the place of Lviv in Polish historical memory can all be used to generate conflict. It is to provoke emotional reactions and force Poland and Ukraine to defend themselves against a scenario created in Moscow. Russia creates a false Polish threat and then waits for Polish and Ukrainian commentators to argue with one another about history.