The leader of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, has accused Poland and the European Union of trying to use the group to create an uprising similar to what took place in Ukraine, Georgia and Kyrgyzstan.

In March 2021, Andżelika Borys, Andrzej Poczobut and other members of the first group were detained and indicted for allegedly inciting hatred.

In March 2022, Borys was released from custody; in April 2023, the criminal case against her was closed.

[4] On December 30, 2021, the Leninsky District Court of Grodno recognized the website of the Union of Poles as an extremist material.

[5] In the spring of 2024, the KGB labeled the site, which by then had ceased to be the portal of the Union of Poles of Belarus, as an "extremist group".