• 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.

February 2022

How ten false flag narratives were promoted by pro-Kremlin media

by Givi Gigitashvili, Roman Osadchuk

Russian media actively portrays the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics as victims of Ukrainian aggression.
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February 2022

Russian War Report: Military camps close in on border as Kremlin accelerates false-flag narratives

by Digital Forensic Research Lab

While the Kremlin announced that some units have begun loading equipment onto trains to return to their bases, the DFRLab continues to observe other units positioning themselves closer to Ukraine's northeast border with Russia.
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February 2022

Russian War Report: Belarus threatens to arm firefighters as military exercises kick off

by Digital Forensic Research Lab

The Council's Digital Forensic Research Lab tracks the latest Russian troop movements and Kremlin-pushed narratives around NATO, Germany, and more.
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