• Nonresident Fellow

Lukas Andriukaitis

Lukas Andriukaitis is a nonresident fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensic Research Lab (DFRLab). Previously, he worked as an associate director at DFRLab, based in Belgium.

In this capacity, Andriukaitis researches Russian disinformation activities; military conflicts in Syria, Libya, and Donbas; and Russian private military groups. He is an open-source methodology trainer, organizing workshops and trainings around the globe. Currently, Andriukaitis works as a deployment strategist at Palantir Technologies and teaches classes on digital forensics in College of Europe, Natolin. He is also an associate analyst at the Vilnius Institute for Policy Analysis. Prior to this, he worked as the deputy head of the Strategic Planning Division in the State Railway Inspectorate under the Ministry of Transport of Lithuania. A lieutenant in the Lithuanian military, he served in the Lithuanian Special Operations Forces Special Purpose Service as a support officer. He received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the Vilnius University Institute of International Relations and Political Science.

March 2019

#PutinAtWar: More Mercenaries Menace Mesopotamia

by Lukas Andriukaitis

Images confirmed the presence of another Russian private military company in Syria
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March 2019

#PutinAtWar: Krasnodar Joins Dead Mercenaries Society

by Lukas Andriukaitis

Third identical statue commemorating fallen Wagner mercenaries erected in Krasnodar, Russia.
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January 2019

#TrollTracker: Outward Influence Operation From Iran

by Kanishk Karan, Donara Barojan, Melissa Hall, Graham Brookie

Facebook identified a network of pages originating from Iran targeting more than a dozen countries in eight languages
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