Kharkiv National University of Internal Affairs continues to actively expand international scientific cooperation and integrate Ukrainian law enforcement education and science into the European research space. As part of the implementation of international grant activities, the Rector of Kharkiv National University of Internal Affairs, Doctor of Law, Professor, Police General of the Third Rank Valerii Sokurenko, together with the Head of the Research Laboratory of Social and Psychological Support, Assistance and Rehabilitation of the employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Oleksii Serdiuk, took part in the events of the large-scale European project RESONANT (“Interdisciplinary Research Cooperation on Foreign Intervention, Suppression and Information Manipulation in Diaspora Communities”) of the Horizon Europe program, which took place in Athens.

The main objective of the events is to participate in tabletop exercises (TTX) and focus groups aimed at modeling effective countermeasures to counter foreign interference and manipulation of information (FIMI), as well as collecting feedback from stakeholders on the practical application of innovative analytical approaches.

The first two days of the visit were devoted to strategic negotiations on the development and submission of new Horizon Europe project applications dedicated to protecting citizens and supporting law enforcement agencies in combating high-tech cyber fraud of the new generation (in particular, the threats of using generative artificial intelligence, text-based AI chats and voice cloning - voice phishing). For its part, KhNUIA invited European partners to join three applications based on long-term studies "Veteran Longitudinal Study" and "Children Online", carried out in cooperation with Anglia Ruskin University (Great Britain). These applications cover the prevention of online crime among youth, support for post-conflict democracy and reconstruction with a focus on veterans, as well as studying the impact of digital tools on the mental health of schoolchildren.

The following days were spent in the format of intensive practical simulations and tabletop exercises (TTX). Representatives of KhNUIA, together with European law enforcement officers, journalists, analysts and fact-checkers, worked out real cases of identifying information attacks, built evidence chains in complex hybrid threat scenarios and modeled plans for interagency coordination of countermeasures at the international level. The results of the simulations will become the basis for updating the methodological manuals of the RESONANT project (TTX Compendium).