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Justice Minister Waldemar \u017burek is fast-tracking regulations for specialized units in offices nationwide, vowing to prosecute &#8220;hate in its broadest sense&#8221;\u2014whether it&#8217;s slurs against Ukrainians, Jews, Roma, or even Poles with &#8220;different views&#8221;\u2014under laws that could slap offenders with up to three years behind bars for merely insulting based on race, ethnicity, religion, or nationality. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This overreach ramps up amid gripes from Ukraine&#8217;s top brass about xenophobia, while \u017burek huddles with their envoys to squash &#8220;disinformation&#8221; peddled by Russian trolls, turning free speech into a casualty. 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