Polish President falls for prank call

    This is the second time that Polish President Andrzej Duda falls for a prank call. Russian pranksters Vovan and Lexus called Duda imposing as French President Emmanuel Macron and spoke to him about a strey missle that hit a Polish village near the Ukranian border. Poland stated that the missile was russian-made but that there was no sign of this being an intentional attack. NATO Secretary General Jans Stoltenberg said that it is most probable that this was a malfunctioning Ukranian air defence missile. When the callers revealed themself and publicized the call recording  Duda's office responded by stating that the President was suspicious about the authenticity of the caller and ended the call quickly.  People responisble for the hoax call insist that they were not acting on behalf of Kremlin, but they did get a lot of media coverage on Russian TV.


    After listening to the call I think that this and the earlier prank call show us that it is clearly too easy for impersonators to call our President. I found it quite suprising that Duda didn't even ask who the caller was or realised that this wasn't Emmanuel quicker, especially that he has talked to the French President in person.

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  1. englishdiary2 grudnia 2022 10:45

    What doesn't help is that Duda didn't end the call after a few seconds and we can hear that him engaging in a genuine conversation with the pranksters. So his office is lying through their teeth!

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