The document was signed by Commission Chair Oleg Didenko and Head of CCD Andriy Kovalenko. The memorandum aims to combine efforts to establish communication during the organization and conduct of elections, when conditions are appropriate, to improve citizens’ media literacy, and to jointly counter information threats, including foreign interference. The parties will cooperate in the…
On April 2, 2026, the Head of the Center for Countering Disinformation, Andrii Kovalenko, and the Deputy Head of the Center, Anayit Khoperiya, held meeting with Chris Riley, Head of Plans and Insights at the Office of Strategic Communications, NATO HQ. During the constructive dialogue, the parties substantively discussed key areas of cooperation in the…
Andriy Kovalenko, Head of the Center for Countering Disinformation and an officer of the Defense Forces of Ukraine, met with artist and volunteer Vasily Baidak. The guest appeared on the CCD podcast “Domakha,” hosted by veteran and defender of Mariupol Dmytro “Diplomat” Andriushchenko. They discussed war and humor, the “Underground Stand-up” project, cancel culture in…
From December 16 to 18, 2025, Karolina Tymkiv, Deputy Head of the Center for Countering Disinformation (hereinafter – the Center); Daryna Harib, Information Manager of the Department for Countering Information Threats to National Security; and Bohdan Morozov-Storozhenko, Senior Analyst of the same department, conducted a study visit to The Hague, Kingdom of the Netherlands. The…
The Center for Countering Disinformation took part in a strategic communications workshop held under the NATO Comprehensive Assistance Package Trust Fund for Ukraine. The workshop was organized by NATO and Ukraine in Warsaw on 15–16 December 2025, with the support of the NATO–Ukraine Joint Analysis, Training and Education Centre (JATEC) 🇺🇦 The event brought together…
The Center for Countering Disinformation of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, with the support of the European Union Advisory Mission (EUAM) in Ukraine, conducted training on responding to hybrid threats, as well as countering hostile information influence and interference, titled “InfoShield Operational Exercise”. ▫️ The objective of the training, which was opened…
The Head of the Center for Countering Disinformation, an officer of the Defense Forces of Ukraine, Andriy Kovalenko, met with the members of the “Kralytsia” ensemble. The ensemble members participated in the podcast “MordoRU Research Center” with the Deputy Head of the Center Alina Alieksieieva and cultural sociologist Bohdan-Oleh Horobchuk. They talked about culture during…
Deputy Head of the Center for Countering Disinformation, Anayit Khoperiya, spoke online on November 3, 2025, at the Canadian Senate Committee on National Security, Defence and Veterans Affairs hearings dedicated to the impact of russian disinformation on Canada and international efforts to counter it. ▫️ A. Khoperiya shared Ukraine’s experience in building a comprehensive protection…
The Center for Countering Disinformation (CCD) of the National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine, in collaboration with the Swedish Psychological Defence Agency (MPF), successfully hosted the third annual specialized seminar within the COUNTERING FIMI WEEKEND initiative in Lviv. The seminar was attended by representatives of government institutions engaged in countering Foreign Information Manipulation and…
On October 3-4, the 15th International Security Forum To Be Secure (2BS) was held in Budva, Montenegro, with the support of NATO. The To Be Secure Forum (2BS) is an annual international security conference organised under the auspices of the Atlantic Council of Montenegro. It is one of the key platforms in South-Eastern Europe for…
Deputy Head of the Center for Countering Disinformation, Anayit Khoperiya, took part in the annual NATO Communicators Conference 2025, held in Athens, Greece. ▫️The event, organized under the auspices of NATO’s Allied Command Transformation (ACT), brought together leading communication experts from member states to discuss one of today’s greatest challenges – cognitive warfare. ▫️The discussions…
The head of the Center for Countering Disinformation, an officer of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Andriy Kovalenko, on August 29, 2025, participated in the conference “Information War: From Resistance to Resilience,” organized by the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine and the Institute of National Resilience and Security. ▫️A. Kovalenko…
