Information War: Ukraine’s Volunteer Intelligence Community, Patriotic Hackers, and Documenting Russian War Crimes

Liz and Jessikka speak with Artem Velichko, a Ukrainian editor at InformNapalm English. InformNapalm is a volunteer open source intelligence community, founded by Ukrainian journalists in 2014 to counter disinformation and uncover the truth about Russia’s invasion in Ukraine. In today’s full scale war, Velichko discusses how the focus has shifted to full scale information warfare - providing intelligence to Ukrainians fighting the war on the ground. Support information warrior Jessikka Aro by buying her book, Putin's Trolls, here: https://www.amazon.com/Putins-Trolls-Frontlines-Russias-Information/dp/1632461293 Subscribe and listen to Liz's podcast "Radicalized" which uncovers the roots and rise of disinformation, extremist, and conspiracy movements aimed at breaking down democracy: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/radicalized/id1549466558

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We’re Liz Wahl and Jessikka Aro. We’ve been on the front lines of the information war for nearly a decade. In the courtroom, on the air, online, and at venues around the world, we’ve been exposing conspiracy, extremist, and disinformation movements mobilized by Russia and other authoritarians to break down democracy. This podcast tracks and exposes Russian influence operations against Ukraine and the world's democracies. Understanding Russian disinformation as it wages a full scale war on Ukraine and information war globally is essential to countering it.