Warsaw: Polish Pres. andrej duda Admits to being tricked by a clown pretending to be the French President Emmanuel Macron As he spoke with world leaders last week about a missile strike that killed two people in a village near the border with Ukraine.
The president’s office said in a Twitter post on Tuesday that Duda realized in an “unusual way” that the conversation was taking place that it was probably a hoax and hung up. According to his office, “relevant services” took immediate steps to explain the incident. Duda made several calls during the tense hours following the missile attack, which raised fears of a significant escalation between NATO allies and Russia.
Russia’s state-run RIA Novosti news agency said a pair of Russians are known to have betrayed Western leaders – including US politicians and a former UK prime minister. boris johnson — was responsible for the hoax call and posted a video of what he said was a conversation. In the seven-minute clip, Duda can be heard telling a man posing as Macron that he was extra careful not to blame Moscow for the incident because he did not want war with Russia.
US and Polish officials later attributed the explosion to Ukrainian air defenses targeting a Russian missile. Earlier that day, the Kremlin launched the most extensive strike on power infrastructure and other targets across Ukraine since its invasion in February.
This is not the first such hoax for the Polish president. In 2020, Duda was led to believe by Russian pranksters that he was speaking to UN Secretary-General António Guterres.
The president’s office said in a Twitter post on Tuesday that Duda realized in an “unusual way” that the conversation was taking place that it was probably a hoax and hung up. According to his office, “relevant services” took immediate steps to explain the incident. Duda made several calls during the tense hours following the missile attack, which raised fears of a significant escalation between NATO allies and Russia.
Russia’s state-run RIA Novosti news agency said a pair of Russians are known to have betrayed Western leaders – including US politicians and a former UK prime minister. boris johnson — was responsible for the hoax call and posted a video of what he said was a conversation. In the seven-minute clip, Duda can be heard telling a man posing as Macron that he was extra careful not to blame Moscow for the incident because he did not want war with Russia.
US and Polish officials later attributed the explosion to Ukrainian air defenses targeting a Russian missile. Earlier that day, the Kremlin launched the most extensive strike on power infrastructure and other targets across Ukraine since its invasion in February.
This is not the first such hoax for the Polish president. In 2020, Duda was led to believe by Russian pranksters that he was speaking to UN Secretary-General António Guterres.