The conflict is mostly interpreted as a sham[1] by the western historians, suggesting that it was predominantly a product of a Soviet propaganda overreacting to theoretical considerations written by anonymous British military in May 1926.
In the course of the "Soviet War Scare" the soviet government issued instructions for the Politburo to incorporate slogans into the propaganda campaign such as those listed below:"a) The fascist crushing of the mass revolutionary and national liberation movement in Western Belorussia by Piłsudski is a preparation of the rear for Piłsudski's future attack on the BSSR.
"[5]The result of it was a considerable mismatch between the reports of the Red Army stating that "no immediate preparations [of the supposed enemy] for war can be discerned" and the media telling people to prepare for the war.
[6] Yet, the other result of such rumours was, that Soviet Union obtained the chance to validate the attitudes of the civil population towards the government.
It is stated, that in rural settlements only poor people were ready to defend the government, while middle-class [referred as "sredniak"] and wealthy peasants [referred as "Kulak"] expressed the desire, if armed, to fight against the government instead.