On August 2, 2023, the Ukrainian Institute of Media and Communication gathered media experts, representatives of government institutions and international donor organizations for an expert discussion on “Effectiveness of countering russian disinformation in Ukraine in conditions of full-scale war”, where the speaker was acting head of the Center for Countering Disinformation of the National Security…

During July, the Center for Countering Disinformation, in cooperation with the High School of Public Governance, implemented a short-term training program for civil servants of category “A” – “Crisis management in conditions of an information threat”. After listening to the three-day course, the trainees deepened their knowledge about destructive information influence on the target audience,…

On July 13, 2023, the first meeting of the National Cluster on Information Resistance was held, in which the acting head of the Center for Countering Disinformation Andrii Shapovalov took part.  The National Cluster on Information Resistance was organized by the US Civil Research and Development Fund (CRDF Global) in partnership with the National Security…

On July 6, 2023, a meeting with the acting head of the Center for Countering Disinformation, Andrii Shapovalov, and representatives of Polska Agencja Prasowa was held. During the meeting, they discussed joint work in the framework of refuting the kremlin’s disinformation campaigns and shared methods of countering russian propaganda. The key points for the establishment…

On June 28, 2023, the Center for Countering Disinformation met with the military attachés of NATO countries. During the meeting, a presentation of a new analytical study regarding the russian disinformation campaign aimed at discrediting Ukraine by creating the narrative «Black Transplantology in Ukraine» took place. Link to the study: https://cpd.gov.ua/en/report/transplantation/ The result of the…

On 23.06.2023, analysts of the Center for Countering Disinformation took part in the work of the Special committee on foreign interference in all democratic processes in the European Union, including disinformation (INDE) within the framework of the 16th National selection session “Magura-23” of the European Youth Parliament – Ukraine. The analysts briefed the delegates on…

On June 19, Poland hosted a conference “Ukrainian media in the conditions of war. Legal norms and experience”, which was attended by Andriy Shapovalov, acting head of the Center for Countering Disinformation, a working body of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine. Among the speakers were Olga Gerasymiuk, Head of the National Council…

Employees of the CCD, the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine, the FIS and the SSU were trained by the Swedish Psychological Defence Agency. The Center for Countering Disinformation and the Swedish Psychological Defence Agency (MPF) jointly conducted a two-day training on countering malicious information influences. The training was held in two separate modules, which included training…

From June 5 to 9, the Center for Countering Disinformation participated in the EU Support to Strategic Communication project. Within the framework of the project, a meeting was held with the Ambassador of Ukraine to Romania Ihor Prokopchuk to discuss current challenges related to russian disinformation and propaganda activities in Romania and the EU. Also,…