Since the beginning of 2014, Ukraine has experienced many social upheavals that have changed Ukrainian society. The Revolution of Dignity strengthened national consciousness, and Russian aggression and occupation of territories made Ukrainians unite in opposition…
Ukraine’s Security Service Neutralises 600 Cyberattacks, Exposes 20 Hacker Groups in 2020
January 22, 2021
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) neutralised 600 cyberattacks and cyber incidents launched on Ukrainian government information resources and critical infrastructure facilities in 2020. During this period, the SBU neutralised 20 groups involved in many cyberattacks…
The 6 January events in Washington, D.C., when right-wing extremists who support Donald Trump’s stormed the US Capitol building, shocked the United States and the whole world. The Democratic Party is initiating the impeachment process,…
The Kremlin was actively forming Ukraine’s image as an enemy during 2013-2014 when they began to understand that it would not be able to control the situation in Ukraine. So, it needed to intervene, but…
Ukrainian law enforcement officers are beginning to verify the information on the alleged smuggling of the coronavirus vaccine into Ukraine. The corresponding instruction was given by President Volodymyr Zelensky. “If someone really hit upon the idea…
In 2020, Polish special services recorded an increase in the disinformation and propaganda activities of the Russian Federation against Poland. Both traditional and new narratives related to the pandemic and elections in Belarus were used,…
Lukashenka Says Terrorists Arriving and ‘Tonnes of Weapons’ Being Supplied from Ukraine
December 26, 2020
Alexander Lukashenka has stated that Belarusian law enforcement officers have exposed a group of terrorists who “delivered tonnes of weapons” from the territory of Ukraine and was preparing terrorist attacks throughout Belarus. He spoke about…
Russian Federation Information Influence Objectives
December 24, 2020
Russia actively uses both Ukrainian and Western politicians, political scientists, journalists, and public activists to spread its narratives in the Ukrainian information space. In addition to Ukrainian influencing agents and public opinion leaders, Russia actively…
One Ukrainian serviceman was captured by Russian occupation forces in the Donbas near Joint Forces Operation. The Joint Forces Operation Headquarters reported this on its Facebook page. “On 17 December 2020, a serviceman’s absence was fixed…
A level of cyber threats to Ukraine’s information systems has increased as the leading U.S. cybersecurity firm FireEye was attacked, the National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine (NSDC) reports with reference to the National…
Russian Court Arrests Ukraine’s National Guard Serviceman Vitaliy Markiv in Absentia
December 11, 2020
A Russian court has authorised the arrest in absentia of Ukraine’s National Guard serviceman Vitaliy Markiv for a murder of which he was acquitted by an Italian court, Russia’s Interfax news agency reports with reference…
Go Ahead to the Bright Past or How Russian Propaganda Manipulates Nostalgia for the USSR
December 2, 2020
People who miss their “glorious” past or life in the Soviet Union can tell about free medicine, an apartment, guaranteed employment, carefree life and much more. One of the Russian propaganda’s features is that in…
Technologies vs. Human Rights: What’s More Important?
December 1, 2020
Countries use technologies to inform citizens about problems or needs, to consult about making some decisions and for the decision-making process itself. However, sometimes they are faced with a situation in which they have to choose…
EU Mulls Sanctions On State Actors For Spreading Disinformation
December 1, 2020
The European Commission (EC) will propose for the first time that the European Union impose sanctions on “foreign actors” from states, such as Russia or China, spreading disinformation as it pushes for a tougher oversight…
Russian Propagandists Want to Create Domestic Video Hosting Sites
November 29, 2020
The Russian Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology, and Mass Media (Roskomnadzor) has asked the leading Internet companies of the Russian Federation to develop domestic video hosting sites that will operate for the…
Russia’s Opposition Called on the EU to Step Up the Fight Against “Dirty” Russian Money
November 28, 2020
Russian political opposition must be able to actually participate in the upcoming legislative elections and not just keep an eye on the result of the election, which is already expected to be fraudulent, said members…
Earning Trust in Restless Times – Political PR in Eastern Europe
November 19, 2020
In young democracies, political communicators have even bigger tasks in communication than their equivalents in Western countries. Three decades ago, Eastern Europe broke free from the communist system. This has been a period of ongoing…
U.S. Embassy: Oligarchs Call MPs and Judges, Kremlin’s Narratives Circulate in Media
November 18, 2020
In Ukraine, “oligarchs call judges” and “Russia’s allies sit in the Verkhovna Rada,” Chargé d’Affaires ad interim at the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine Kristina Kvien said at “The Dialogues About Reforms: on the Road to…
How Do Russian Media Manipulate Problem of Bilingualism in Ukraine?
November 11, 2020
The problem of bilingualism is particularly sensitive in Ukraine at the moment. Ukrainian people living in Ukraine speak two different languages – Russian and Ukrainian. This becomes a source of manipulation. It was the events…
The axiom “There’s nothing new under the Sun” is relevant to such an apparently modern concept as “misinformation.. An integral part of the art of war of all times and peoples, a working tool of…
