Iryna Subota - Hybrid Warfare Threats - Science of Countering Russian Disinformation and Aggression

Cyber & Information WarfareInformation OperationsPropaganda & disinformation campaigns

AggressorDefense

Summary

A YouTube video titled 'Iryna Subota - Hybrid Warfare Threats - Science of Countering Russian Disinformation and Aggression' discusses propaganda and hybrid threats since 2014 targeting Ukraine.

The YouTube video by Silicon Curtain features Iryna Subota discussing the hybrid warfare threats posed by Russian disinformation and aggression since 2014. The video highlights how propaganda is used to brainwash populations by taking over media and spreading false narratives. It emphasizes the importance of media literacy and fighting misinformation, with a focus on resilience in Ukraine. The content includes references to information warfare ideological perspectives such as those by Alexander Vladimirov in 2007. Viewer comments discuss media literacy, Orwellian concepts, and the challenges of information warfare in modern contexts. The video has 1.3K views and was posted 3 years ago by a channel with 182K subscribers.

Classification

Confidence: High

Classified as aggressor event because the content discusses active Russian disinformation and propaganda as hostile hybrid warfare methods. Classified as defense preparation event because it focuses on countering Russian disinformation and emphasizes resilience, media literacy, and fighting misinformation to protect populations.

Source URL

https://youtube.com/watch?v=joRay_8TAhM

Open source

Provenance

Publisher: extension
Submitted: Feb 1, 2026, 00:12 UTC
Last updated: Nov 9, 2026, 01:36 UTC
Event time: Jan 1, 2014, 00:00 UTC

Published as a Defense Preparations signal with a public source and reviewer-approved assessment bands. See the methodology for how records are assessed.

Raw record

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Public assessmentReliability: StrongSeverity: ModerateAttribution: HighSingle sourceTime: UnknownLocation: Unknown

Source reliability

Info credibility

Event time

Jan 1, 2014, 00:00 UTC

Event time confidence

unknown

Location

Cyberspace

Country

Unknown

Tags

Russian disinformation, hybrid warfare, information operations, media literacy, propaganda, Ukraine, hybrid threats, counter disinformation, russian invasion

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