On December 11, 2024, the Center for Countering Disinformation held a working meeting with Peter Wagner, Director of the European Commission’s Service for Foreign Policy Instruments, Arturo Rodriguez Tonelli, Regional Program Manager, EU Service for Foreign Policy Instruments, Eric Galvin, Regional Program Manager of the Service for Foreign Policy Instruments of the European Union Delegation…
As part of the educational initiative of the High School of Public Administration, the Center for Countering Disinformation contributed to the preparation of an online educational course, “Organization of Work in the Territories of Military Operations,” for individuals enrolled in the reserve of state body employees to work in the de-occupied territories of Ukraine. The…
The advanced training course, “Strategic Communications in the Context of (Hybrid) War,” focused on communication technologies for building societal resilience in the context of war, detecting hostile propaganda, and proactively responding to it, as well as myth design in the system of content analysis and creation. Alina Yurii, Senior Analyst at the Department of Countering…
The discussion “Countering Russian Disinformation and Building Societal resilience to Information Challenges” was organized by the Embassy of Ukraine in Latvia and the Delegation of the European Commission to Latvia as part of the BreakTheFake information campaign to combat Russian disinformation. According to the Embassy of Ukraine in Latvia, during two panels, Ukrainian and Latvian…
On November 25, 2024, the Center for Countering Disinformation participated in the presentation of the monograph “Strategic Communications during War: A View from a Volunteer to a Scientist” at Ukrinform. The study, prepared by experts from the National Academy of Security Service of Ukraine in collaboration with strategic communication specialists, government and security institutions, volunteers,…
On November 6, 2024, Andriy Kovalenko, Head of the Center for Countering Disinformation and officer of the Ukrainian defense forces, met with a Swedish delegation led by Minister of Civil Defense Carl-Oscar Bolin. ▫️ They discussed current information security challenges, focusing on the cognitive warfare waged by russia against the West and the need to…
On November 5, 2024, Deputy Head of the Center for Countering Disinformation, Anayit Khoperiya, delivered a lecture to students at the National Defense University of Ukraine on the impact of foreign information manipulation and interference (FIMI) on information security. ◽️ A. Khoperiya noted that FIMI, extending beyond simple disinformation and encompassing a variety of hybrid…
Alina Alekseeva, Deputy Head of the Center for Countering Disinformation, conducted an online lecture for staff of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine and Armed Forces of Ukraine. The event was aimed at improving skills in identifying information influences and countering information threats, in particular in terms of creating effective strategies for analytical content planning….
On October 29, 2024, the Center for Countering Disinformation participated in the StratCom Club networking event focused on strategic communications between the government, media, and civil society to counter harmful hostile influence. ▫️ During the event, Deputy Head of the Center, Anayit Khoperiya, and representatives from Ukrainian fact-checking organizations discussed ways to improve methods of…
On October 25–28, the Center for Countering Disinformation, together with the Swedish Psychological Defence Agency, held a four-day “Countering FIMI Weekend” training seminar for Ukrainian civil servants. The program included intensive sessions aimed at developing resilient approaches to counter hostile informational influence and leveraging artificial intelligence to strengthen psychological defence amid modern threats. Among the…
On October 28, 2024, the Center took part in the presentation of the results of the study “Success or not? How Ukrainians assess the law enforcement sector reform and EU support”, conducted by the sociological group “Rating” on behalf of the EU Advisory Mission Ukraine on September 24-29, 2024. Speaking at the presentation, Deputy Head…
The Center for Countering Disinformation (CCD), together with NATO PDD IEA, prepared an analytical report “Information Threats Targeting NATO’s Support to Ukraine”. This is the first analytical report produced by the Alliance in cooperation with a non-member country. “I am proud that the Center has become the first institution with which NATO is working in…
