The 83rd Psychological and Information Warfare Center (A2455) is a unit of the Ukrainian Special Operations Forces (SOF) concerned with psychological warfare and informational warfare. It was established in 2004 and is headquartered at Odesa.83rd Information Warfare Center

History The center was established on 12 January 2004 on the basis of the editorial and publishing group of the Operational Command South, its official date of establishment however is 25 July 2004.83-й центр ІПСО On 1 August 2015, the center was transferred to the Special Operations Directorate following an order by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and in May 2016, the 83rd Center was transferred to the Special Operations Forces with an organizational event taking place on 16 May 2016. Its activities were partially determined by the "Information Security Doctrine of Ukraine" approved on 25 February 2017.Силы специальных операций вооруженных сил Украины (2020) The center is located in the zone under Operational Command SouthСилы специальных операций Вооружённых сил Украины and the main staff offices are located at the Command Headquarters in Odesa.Где обитают «диванные войска» Украины

Pro Russian media reported that the 83rd Center had made 6 requests to carry out information and propaganda campaigns for 663 thousand hryvnias specifically targeting Crimea and Sevastopol in 2017.Информационные войска Украины против Крыма In April 2020, separatist aligned media accused the 83rd CIPSO and writer Stanislav Aseyev of conducting misinformation campaign in Mariupol about a miners' strike at the Nikanor-Novaya mine and an alleged outbreak of COVID-19 in the separatist LPR Militia.Блогер Асеев и группа «Пропаганда» 83-го ЦИПсО проваливают две информационные операции против Республик It has also been accused of operating the "Crimea Today" newspaper website for "spreading propaganda".Smm-наемники бандеровских троллей In September 2021, separatist aligned media alleged that the 83rd Center was attempting to stage a ceasefire violation in Donbass by conducting staged shelling of the positions of the 93rd Brigade.Постановочные съемки на позициях 93 бригады ВСУ In February 2022, a hacker group named "Joker DPR" alleged that the 83rd Center was involved in formenting 2022 Kazakh unrest.Мнение: Как подполковник Гарбузюк делал революцию в Казахстане

Following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, it was engaged in psychological and information warfare.Сили спеціальних операцій ЗСУ: основна інформація, структура

Structure The Structure of the center is as follows: 83rd Psychological and Information Warfare Center Management & Headquarters Operational department. Information and analytical department Information and analytical department Information collection and processing group Department of preparation and implementation of information operations Printed Material Development Group Department of Television and Radio Development Information support Group Department of preparation and implementation of information operation Observation and Special Actions Department Social Media Work Group Group for the Development and protection of State Information resources Support units Radio station Hardware Department MTZ department Financial and economic service ODT Service Medical service Propaganda GroupПропагандисты из украинских ЦИПсО активизировали свою работу по Донбасскому направлению Department of Information and Computer Technologies Department of Telecommunication Networks

Equipment The center utilizes the following equipment: ModelImageOriginTypeNumberNotes Vehicles ZS-88 PsyOps vehicle with loudspeaker set1Based on BTR-80ZAZ P-240TM1 R-142 Command and control vehicle 1 Based on GAZ-66 R-140-0.5 Command and control vehicle1 Based on GAZ-66UAZ-3151Off-road military light utility vehicle1Also known as UAZ-469KamAZ-4310 All-wheel drive truck1KAMAZ-43105 variant ZIL 131General purpose 3.5 tonne 6x6 Army truck1NZAS-3964Combination bus1Based on GAZ-66GAZ-2705Panel van1Toyota Land CruiserFour-wheel drive off-road Full-size SUV2Nissan RogueCompact crossover SUV1Nissan Rogue SV AWD 2.5 variant Radio Equipment Harris RF-7800 Falcon III Base/Vehicle mounted combat-net radio/Vehicle mounted intercom/Manpack combat-net radio/Hand-held combat-net radio1 Harris RF-7800-MP variant Motorola DR3000 Radio repeater with mounted duplexer1 Motorola DM4600Digital Mobile Radio4Motorola DP4400Radio repeater7BUKOVELSecure IR-phone2 Other RVKA Automated Editorial and publishing Complex3Product 02711Product B271 "GNOM"1Product B271-R "GNOM"2TK TYPE-1Tactical control field routers with VoIP support2 TK type-2Battalion telecommunications set1M-205Encryption equipment1 M-425Encoding equipment1PD-205Data transmission equipment 1Escape-5Vehicle trailer 2

Tasks Its tasks include identification of anti-Ukrainian narratives, spread of pro-Ukrainian narratives, monitoring of sociopolitical situations, information warfare, psychological warfare, study of morale and psychological state of the troops and the general population of enemy states, development and use of propaganda, counterintelligence, reconnaissance, sabotage, preventative public warnings, conducting information leaks and special operations.

Commanders Lieutenant Colonel Vadim Lavrus (?-?) Lieutenant Colonel Andrey Garbuzyuk (?-)

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