• Research Associate, Eurasia

Roman Osadchuk

Roman Osadchuk is a resident fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensic Research Lab with over five years of experience. His research focuses on disinformation in Ukraine and neighboring countries. He is the author of multiple investigations and reports on disinformation, influence campaigns, and computational propaganda, which uncover the tactics and techniques of malign actors.

He is also a senior lecturer at the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, where he teaches bachelor and master courses on propaganda effects and open-source investigations. Before joining DFRLab, he held several positions at the Ukraine Crisis Media Center (UCMC), where he was involved in communications of decentralization reform and administrative support to the NGO’s internal operations.

Previously, Roman received an MPA degree from the Maxwell School on a Fulbright scholarship, where he focused on information policy. He also holds master’s degrees in computer science from Kryvyi Rih National University and in political science from Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, where Roman focused on information policy and researched the role of information policy and the media cycle in the spread of disinformation.

April 2022

Russian War Report: Russia promotes misleading video accusing Ukraine of using mannequins as casualties

by Digital Forensic Research Lab

Kremlin-controlled TV network Rossiya 24 broadcast a misleading video claiming that mannequins were being used in Ukraine to stage war casualties.
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April 2022

Russian War Report: Facebook takes down inauthentic networks targeting Ukraine

by Digital Forensic Research Lab

Facebook removed an online Russian and Belarusian network targeting Ukrainians named Ghostwriter while more Russian Twitter accounts turn to VK and Telegram.
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April 2022

Russian War Report: Russia makes false claims while blaming Ukraine for Kramatorsk railway station attack

by Digital Forensic Research Lab

After missiles struck near Kramatorsk, Ukraine railway station, Russia tried to blame Ukraine for attacking its own people, a narrative pro-Kremlin media ran with.
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