social networking; Internet community; public; information security; propaganda

Social networks as one of the most effective means of counteraction information aggression in the ukrainian internet space

In the article is noted specificity of the Russian social network VKontakte with the informational aggression by the Russian Federation in relation to Ukraine. Analyzed the activity of famous Ukrainian communities in the social networks that are struggling with information attack of Russia. The analysis concerns patterns and trends of work VKontakte during submitting news about events in Ukraine, which cause resonance from the Russian side.