Publications

2 years ago

Six months of the full-scale war: Ukraine’s 12 main victories on the information front

The history of Russia's information wars against Ukraine is not limited to the last eight years of hybrid aggression, which turned into a full-scale war on February 24. It is much longer.

2 years ago

What Italian, German, and French Online media tell about Russia’s war against Ukraine and what's the impact of Russian propaganda

Based on the monitoring run by the Ukrainian social startup LetsData in partnership with the Detector Media NGO, the Centre for Strategic Communication and Information Security has analyzed the media landscape of Italy, Germany, and France from July 1 to 29 to find out the influence of Russian propaganda in these countries regarding coverage of Russia’s war against Ukraine. Publications containing references to Ukraine are collected in real-time in the original language and processed with the help of artificial intelligence components.

2 years ago

Kremlin propaganda in Europe and North America: how Russian narratives are reproduced in Western online media

The Center for Strategic Communication and Information Security has analyzed how Russian narratives about Ukraine are reproduced in European and North American online media through the use of toxic vocabulary, the choice of information sources, and analysis of common narratives. 

2 years ago

Six months of the war: Russia's information support of hostilities

The Center for Strategic Communication has made a summary of key propaganda narratives of Russia which were promoted during the first six months of the full-scale Russo-Ukrainian war.

2 years ago

Threats of forcible naturalization of residents in Russian-occupied regions

Russian invaders brutally violate the laws and customs of war in Ukraine. One of the most egregious examples of them ignoring the norms of international law is the forcible issuance of Russian passports to the population of the occupied territories.

2 years ago

Who prohibits the display of Ukrainian flags in Hungary?

In his address on the Independence Day of Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelensky noted that since the Russian full-scale invasion of Ukraine, we have understood who our real friends are, and who just keeps away from us.

2 years ago

‘Eyes’ of artillery on the approaches to Zaporizhzhia

We meet them at the positions, which are not far from one of the occupied settlements in Orikhiv District. The enemy is just three or four kilometers away from here.

2 years ago

Hellish August: Will the battle of Ukraine’s South become decisive?

August has a symbolic, perhaps even sacred meaning for Ukraine – Ukraine is celebrating its 31st Independence Day and passing the six-month mark of Putin's bloody war

2 years ago

“Special Operation” Goes as Planned, 330 Meters a Day: A Digest of Russian Propaganda, as of Aug 10

The New York Times found a Spanish-language source of Moscow’s lies, and Pushylin has already “liberated” half of the Donbas.

2 years ago

Unrepentant Amnesty, Putin and Erdogan's cat-and-mouse game, Pelosi's Taiwan visit

Amnesty International has joined the ranks of organizations that actually ignore the realities of the Russian-Ukrainian war

2 years ago

U.S. switches to Putin’s friends: a digest of Russian propaganda for August 2

The Kremlin has decided to legislatively “terrorize” the POWs of “Azov” and is eager to help China in the conflict with Taiwan. The Centre for Strategic Communications and Information Security collected the main fakes and narratives of Russian propaganda for August 2.

2 years ago

Does Orbán remember Son of Saul? A Digest of Russian Propaganda for July 22-24

The Kremlin has decided that the time has come for “peace talks” and is “complaining” about the tragic history of Ukrainians.

2 years ago

Geographic Discoveries Awaiting Russia: A Digest of Russian Propaganda for July 20

HIMARS has forced the Kremlin to once again revise its territorial plans for Ukraine, and sanctions in Russia are gradually bringing it closer to “sovereignty.”

2 years ago

Mariupol. Escape from hell. My story

About our escape from a dead city, filtration and life under occupation

2 years ago

Russian spies under diplomatic cover

Over the past months, the U.S., Canada, Great Britain, and EU countries have expelled a number of Russian diplomats, most of whom were in fact intelligence operatives.

2 years ago

Shoigu Disappointed Putin by “Capturing” Lysychansk: a Digest of Russian Propaganda of July 4

The Kremlin is boasting of “liberating the LPR,” but treats the main hero of this “victory” in a rather shady way. 

2 years ago

The Global Food Crisis and Europe: The Time to Counter the Threat is Now

Moscow, while losing the war it launched against Ukraine, seeks to artificially create a global food crisis and blame it on the European Union.

2 years ago

Ukraine's path to EU membership should not take years or decades – Zelensky

Speech by President Volodymyr Zelensky at a plenary meeting of the Verkhovna Rada

2 years ago

Mariupol: 23 days in hell. My story

About how we survived, what we ate and where we hid in besieged Mariupol

2 years ago

Story of heavlly wounded Ukrainian scout making it out of enemy territory alive

“Finn” was telling his story with such humor and wit as if he was recalling the plot of some Tarantino’s western movie - a modern-day western, shot in the steppes of Donbas, during the Russo-Ukrainian war.

2 years ago

Officially recognized: Ukraine is a future equal partner for 27 EU countries

The address by President, Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada, and Prime Minister

2 years ago

Candidate status: Ukraine will be able to fulfil EU requirements and carry out reforms

Requirements from Brussels are quite feasible for Ukraine

2 years ago

Ukrainian Grains of Putin’s Lies: A Digest of Russian Propaganda for June 8

Moscow still can’t figure out whom they are fighting Ukraine and is organizing a “game of democracy” in the occupied Ukrainian territories.

2 years ago

Why the “DPR” Needs a Trial of Foreigners: A Digest of Russian Propaganda for June 7

Moscow came up with a “Donetsk revenge of Ukrainians” and is holding competition in aggressive patriotism. 

2 years ago

“Anglo-Saxons” vs “Russian world”: A Digest of Russian Propaganda for June 6

Why Putin doesn’t like the Anglo-Saxons so much, but like Hitler, there’s nothing he can do about them.

2 years ago

Successes in south, or What does counter-offensive of Ukraine’s Armed Forces in Kherson region mean?

The counterattacks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the south are crucial. Right now we are laying the foundations for a strategic victory over the enemy

2 years ago

All Relatively Quiet on Russia’s Western Front: A Digest of Russian Propaganda for June 1

Moscow boasts of “new tactics in Ukraine” and creates a fund for 1 trillion roubles to “rebuild the Donbas.”

2 years ago

Time Stopped for Russia in 1945: A Digest of Russian Propaganda for May 31

The Center for Strategic Communications and Information Security has collected the main fakes and narratives of Russian propaganda for May 31.

2 years ago

Kyiv talk of upcoming Scotland-Ukraine match, sotto voce

We roamed the center of Kyiv to learn about people's moods ahead of the World Cup playoff away fixture between Ukraine and Scotland.

2 years ago

Russia's state-orchestrated incitement to genocide of Ukrainians

States have the duty to prevent genocide