16th Psychological and Information Warfare Center (Ukraine)

16th Psychological and Information Warfare Center 16-й центр інформаційно-психологічних операцій 16th Information Warfare Center.png 200px Insignia <2012-present Ukraine Ukraine Flag of the Special Operations Forces of Ukraine.svg Ukrainian Special Operations Forces Regiment psychological warfare and informational warfare Berdychiv Russo-Ukrainian War War in Donbass 2022 Russian Invasion of Ukraine Martusenko Sergey Viktorovich The 16th Psychological and Information Warfare Center (1182) is a unit of the Ukrainian Special Operations Forces (SOF) concerned with psychological warfare and informational warfare. It was established before 2012 and is currently headquartered at Berdychiv. Activities The center is known to exist since at least 2012.Підрозділи інформаційно-психологічних операцій Збройних Сил України The activities of the center are partially determined by the “Information Security Doctrine of Ukraine” regarding the center.16-й центр ІПСО The center is involved in studying the socio-political environment of neighboring countries, amplifying pro Ukraine narratives, identification and suppression of sources creating propaganda against Ukraine, information warfare, cyber warfare and psychological warfare.Силы специальных операций вооруженных сил Украины (2020) It is one of the key Ukrainian units, involved in psychological and information warfare against Russia and has been alleged by pro Russian media, along with the 74th Psychological and Information Warfare Center to coordinate with the NATO Command & Control Centre of Excellence, the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence, the Special Operations Command, 4th Psychological Operations Group of Pentagon and the 77th Brigade and the 15th Regiment of the British Armed Forces.Психологическая война НАТО в структуре геополитического противостояния с Россией In June 2019, its headquarters were relocated from Huyvy to Berdychiv.Урядом погоджено пропозицію Міністерства оборони України щодо передислокації військової частини А1182 Збройних Сил. The first Q-Course for the unit began on 5 August 2019 and lasted three months.Вперше проводиться набір на Кваліфікаційний курс ІПсО In December 2019, separatist aligned media reported that they had "exposed" that the personnel from the 16th Psychological Warfare Center were posing as "Nikolai Vulich" who claimed to be an insider from the separatist controlled territory.Охотники за душами жителей Донбасса-1: Внедрение в соцсети правдолюба Николая Вулича курируют три майора из спецслужб Украины Following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, it was engaged in psychological and information warfare.Сили спеціальних операцій ЗСУ: основна інформація, структура In February 2024, a Volkswagen Crafter was transferred to the center by Chemerovecka Hromada.для потреб військової частини А1182 Foreign involvement The center is known to employ foreign specialists and instructors from the United States, Canada, Poland, Lithuania, Estonia, Sweden and Belgium. Commanders Martusenko Sergey ViktorovichСписки сотрудников украинских ССО и ЦИПСо. References Category:Military special forces regiments Category:Military units and formations of Ukraine Category:2012 establishments in Ukraine Category:Military units and formations of Ukraine in the war in Donbas Category:Military units and formations established in 2012 Category:Military units and formations of Ukraine in the Russian invasion of Ukraine