Olesia Horiainova is a co-founder of the Ukrainian Security and Cooperation Center, a think-tank based in Kyiv, Ukraine, a strategic communications expert, communications Advisor to the Command of the Territorial Defense Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (2022).
With the USCC team for 10 years: studies Russian hybrid warfare in Ukraine, in particular, she researched and exposed Russian connections and influence in the Ukrainian media, economy, and politics (2016-2021), and was a speaker for the team’s video investigations; studies Russian hybrid influences in the West, in particular, she is the author and co-author of more than 30 analytical materials on Russian policy inside the state and in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine, as well as sanctions against Russia; has coordinated and initiated more than 20 campaigns to counter Russian influence