English Articles

The Stage is Set

The European Union should be prepared to demonstrate its integrity. As such it should encourage all of the member states to declare support both to Ukraine, which faces a threat of military invasion, as well as Poland and Lithuania who are in the first line of defence toward the hybrid threat of forced migration by the Lukashenka regime. […]

Information security

Announcement. Fourth Kharkiv International Security Forum

Forum presentations will address hybrid threats, information warfare, the “Russian world” concept, Russian military and political doctrine, infodemic, fake news, journalism in context of hybrid wars, etc.
Forum discussions will involve scientists, politicians, experts, civil activists from different regions of Ukraine and European countries.
We will discuss hybrid threats for Ukraine, Europe and the whole world. […]

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Information Self-help Groups as Information Security School Development

Information Security School is the response of Maidan Monitoring Information Center to the challenges facing Ukrainian society and the state, including a hybrid war, and the COVID-19 pandemic, and the bad governance, and the tendency of the majority of the society to believe in all sorts of miracles.
We teach people information hygiene skills, practices of organizing and supporting groups with common interests, skills of effective communication with opponents, and practices of safe existence in information and cyberspace. […]

Security

Міліція Слов’янська полює на активістів?

Поки був на роботі до мене додому приїхала поліція. Мама вийшла та поцікавилась, чого такі поважні гості до нас приїхали. Як виявилось, поліція хоче поспілкуватись із-за моїх «електронних звернень». […]

Politics

Законопроект про Корінні народи Криму викликав серйозне занепокоєння противника.

Росіяни (московити, зденаціоналізовані або природні) – практично ніде не корінні народи, окрім маленьких частин центральних губерній.
А українська ініціатива – це сигнал корінним народам Росії на тему “а що, так можна було?”. […]

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Here we go again: How Russia exploits the same scenario for recurring information attacks on Ukraine

Russian “holy cow” Victory day is being enforced by reference to the 2nd of May, day when Odesa abrupted spreading of the “Russian spring” towards the south. Russia gladly uses this day to simulate the so-called former glory backed with the constant narrative of “Odeskaya Hatyn” and “neo-Nazi movements” in Ukraine. Based on that, each year escalation forecasts spread over the media and launch waves of panic among the civilians. However, this time the matter would be an information attack itself. […]

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Celebrating the International Day of Factchecking!

So, let’s meet the amazing team of the maidan.org.ua, experienced in promoting information hygiene and running campaigns combating disinformation. They are now garnering civic leaders’ support and creating grass-roots self-help groups against the pandemic to build on the strong ties in communities and to raise awareness about the avalanche of COVID 19-related fake news. […]