Poland begins deporting Ukrainians due to riots at Max Korzh concert

Poland has begun deporting Ukrainians detained for the riots that occurred on August 9 during a concert by Belarusian rapper Max Korzh at the National Stadium in Warsaw.

This is reported by the Polish newspaper Wyborcza.

Anhelina (18-year-old from Dnipro) arrived in Poland at the beginning of Russiaʼs full-scale invasion in February 2022. Now she has been banned from entering the Schengen area for five years.

“I never thought that going to a concert would end so dramatically for me. They came for me at six in the morning. They didn’t even let me take my things. They took me away and deported me to Ukraine. I am banned from entering the Schengen zone for five years,” she said.

The formal reason for the deportation was stated to be hooliganism.

• Max Korzhʼs concert in Warsaw on August 9 ended in riots and police intervention. Even before the event, a spontaneous fan party with loud music and chaos broke out, forcing the authorities to react. During the concert itself, some people without tickets broke into the stands, OUN — UPA flags appeared in the crowd, and the intervention of the security service escalated into clashes.
• Prime Minister Donald Tusk reported a tough response. “Hooliganism and lawlessness will not be tolerated,” he said. As a result, 109 people were detained and 63 people, including Angelina, were forced to leave Poland.

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