The Center for Countering Disinformation (Ukrainian: Центр протидії дезінформації, romanized: Tsentr protydii dezinformatsii) is a working body of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine established in accordance with a decision of that council dated March 11, 2021 "On the creation of the Center for Countering Disinformation",[1][2] and enacted by Presidential Decree No.

[4] She previously held the position of assistant to the first deputy director of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine in 2015–2019 and worked in the Ukrainian Prosecutor General's Office in 2019–2020.

[9] The Center for Countering Disinformation activities encompass such areas as defense, fight against crime and corruption, foreign and domestic policy, economy, infrastructure, environment, healthcare, social sphere, and science and technology direction.

[11][12] Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft criticized the list as a misstep from democratic values such as freedom of speech, an apparent attempt to discredit and silence political scientist John Mearsheimer and other U.S. and Western analysts whose views differ from the Ukrainian government.

Gettler disagrees with the blacklisting of his colleague Doug Bandow and emphasizes actions like "the establishment of ill-advised truth and disinformation bureaus, and the unfair smearing of eminent scholars" don't contribute to Ukraine’s reputation.