{"id":100585,"date":"2026-09-04T10:35:43","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T07:35:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/?p=100585"},"modified":"2026-09-04T10:37:49","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T07:37:49","slug":"kupriienko-steps-down-as-swarmer-ceo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/2026\/09\/kupriienko-steps-down-as-swarmer-ceo\/","title":{"rendered":"Swarmer co-founder Serhii Kupriienko steps down as CEO, Alex Fink takes over"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Several sources told Defender Media that Serhii Kupriienko, co-founder of Ukrainian-American company <a href=\"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/tags\/swarmer\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/tags\/swarmer\/\">Swarmer<\/a>, no longer serves as its CEO. Swarmer\u2019s official spokesperson confirmed the information in response to a request from the editorial team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSerhii\u2019s decision to leave was a personal choice,\u201d Swarmer said. Defender Media reached out to Kupriienko for comment but had not received a response by the time of publication.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kupriienko left the CEO position at the end of July, but remains a member of Swarmer\u2019s Board of Directors, the company clarified. Following his departure, the company was headed by Alex Fink, another co-founder of the project. The American had previously led Swarmer\u2019s business in the US.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In April 2026, Kupriienko said that Fink was responsible at the company for marketing, sales and work with international markets, while Kupriienko himself oversaw the company as a whole and was responsible for its technology stack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Swarmer says the company remains fully operational and focused on executing its current business strategy \u2014 \u201cto deliver mission-critical autonomous technologies in support of Ukraine&#8217;s defense, our international customers, partners and shareholders.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-text-align-left wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/2026\/08\/vectus-air-defense-systems\/\"><strong>Read more:<\/strong> Swarmer and PMC Blackwater founder launched private air defence company<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Swarmer develops AI-powered software that enables drone swarms to be controlled. The project became the first Ukrainian defence company to <a href=\"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/2026\/03\/swarmer-ipo\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/2026\/03\/swarmer-ipo\/\">list on the NASDAQ stock exchange<\/a>. Its IPO took place on March 17, 2026, and the company raised $15 million. In the first days of trading, <a href=\"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/2026\/03\/nestor-swarmer\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/2026\/03\/nestor-swarmer\/\">its share price surged by hundreds of per cent<\/a>. According to Bloomberg, it was the best debut on the US stock market in almost a year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since its IPO, Swarmer has published two quarterly financial reports. In the first quarter, the company reported revenue of $20,300, while its net loss reached $4.5 million. In the <a href=\"https:\/\/getswarmer.com\/news\/swarmer-reports-second-quarter-2026-financial-results-and-provides-business-update\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/getswarmer.com\/news\/swarmer-reports-second-quarter-2026-financial-results-and-provides-business-update\/\">second quarter<\/a>, Swarmer\u2019s revenue amounted to $216,000, while its net loss increased to $7.3 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the same time, the company <a href=\"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/2026\/05\/swarmer-skyknight\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/2026\/05\/swarmer-skyknight\/\">announced a major contract<\/a> with Ukrainian drone manufacturer Meta Bureau for more than 16,000 UAV software licences. The deal is worth $2.86 million, but includes an option for Meta Bureau to upgrade certain licences for an additional $10.4 million.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cSerhii\u2019s decision to leave was a personal choice,\u201d Swarmer says. Kupriienko remains on the company\u2019s Board of Directors<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":29561,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"pmpro_default_level":"","_featured_category_order":0,"_article_badge":"featured","footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[1359,900,280,242],"class_list":["post-100585","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ecosystem","tag-serhiy-kuprienko","tag-staff-appointments","tag-swarmer","tag-usa","pmpro-has-access"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Swarmer co-founder Serhii Kupriienko steps down as CEO<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"\u201cSerhii\u2019s decision to leave was a personal choice,\u201d Swarmer says. Kupriienko remains on the company\u2019s Board of Directors.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/2026\/09\/kupriienko-steps-down-as-swarmer-ceo\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Swarmer co-founder Serhii Kupriienko steps down as CEO\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"\u201cSerhii\u2019s decision to leave was a personal choice,\u201d Swarmer says. Kupriienko remains on the company\u2019s Board of Directors.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/2026\/09\/kupriienko-steps-down-as-swarmer-ceo\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Defender Media\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DefenderMediaUA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-09-04T07:35:43+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-09-04T07:37:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/drone-swarms-key-to-eliminating-dispersed-targets-at-sea.webp\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/webp\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Roman Sudolsky\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@DefenderMediaUA\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@DefenderMediaUA\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Roman Sudolsky\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thedefender.media\\\/en\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/kupriienko-steps-down-as-swarmer-ceo\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thedefender.media\\\/en\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/kupriienko-steps-down-as-swarmer-ceo\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Roman Sudolsky\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thedefender.media\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/4b8e8d546404df9d63691839ecd9f798\"},\"headline\":\"Swarmer co-founder Serhii Kupriienko steps down as CEO, Alex Fink takes over\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-09-04T07:35:43+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-09-04T07:37:49+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thedefender.media\\\/en\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/kupriienko-steps-down-as-swarmer-ceo\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":357,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thedefender.media\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thedefender.media\\\/en\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/kupriienko-steps-down-as-swarmer-ceo\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thedefender.media\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/drone-swarms-key-to-eliminating-dispersed-targets-at-sea.webp\",\"keywords\":[\"serhiy kuprienko\",\"staff appointments\",\"swarmer\",\"usa\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Ecosystem\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thedefender.media\\\/en\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/kupriienko-steps-down-as-swarmer-ceo\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thedefender.media\\\/en\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/kupriienko-steps-down-as-swarmer-ceo\\\/\",\"name\":\"Swarmer co-founder Serhii Kupriienko steps down as CEO\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thedefender.media\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thedefender.media\\\/en\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/kupriienko-steps-down-as-swarmer-ceo\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thedefender.media\\\/en\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/kupriienko-steps-down-as-swarmer-ceo\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thedefender.media\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/drone-swarms-key-to-eliminating-dispersed-targets-at-sea.webp\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-09-04T07:35:43+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-09-04T07:37:49+00:00\",\"description\":\"\u201cSerhii\u2019s decision to leave was a personal choice,\u201d Swarmer says. Kupriienko remains on the company\u2019s Board of Directors.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thedefender.media\\\/en\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/kupriienko-steps-down-as-swarmer-ceo\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/thedefender.media\\\/en\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/kupriienko-steps-down-as-swarmer-ceo\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thedefender.media\\\/en\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/kupriienko-steps-down-as-swarmer-ceo\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thedefender.media\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/drone-swarms-key-to-eliminating-dispersed-targets-at-sea.webp\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thedefender.media\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/drone-swarms-key-to-eliminating-dispersed-targets-at-sea.webp\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":800,\"caption\":\"\u0421\u043f\u0456\u0432\u0437\u0430\u0441\u043d\u043e\u0432\u043d\u0438\u043a \u0442\u0430 CEO Swarmer \u0421\u0435\u0440\u0433\u0456\u0439 \u041a\u0443\u043f\u0440\u0456\u0454\u043d\u043a\u043e (\u0424\u043e\u0442\u043e: Swarmer)\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thedefender.media\\\/en\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/kupriienko-steps-down-as-swarmer-ceo\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thedefender.media\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Swarmer co-founder Serhii Kupriienko steps down as CEO, Alex Fink takes over\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thedefender.media\\\/en\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thedefender.media\\\/en\\\/\",\"name\":\"DEFENDER\",\"description\":\"Defence Tech\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thedefender.media\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thedefender.media\\\/en\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thedefender.media\\\/en\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Defender Media\",\"alternateName\":\"Defender Media\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thedefender.media\\\/en\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thedefender.media\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thedefender.media\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/06\\\/cropped-ico.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thedefender.media\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/06\\\/cropped-ico.png\",\"width\":512,\"height\":512,\"caption\":\"Defender Media\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thedefender.media\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/DefenderMediaUA\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/DefenderMediaUA\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/company\\\/defender-media\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/t.me\\\/DefenderMedia\\\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thedefender.media\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/4b8e8d546404df9d63691839ecd9f798\",\"name\":\"Roman Sudolsky\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/7d77c0a83e4c52ebef35021bead038d2abf76287cffefe68c0cbc92cc625e827?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/7d77c0a83e4c52ebef35021bead038d2abf76287cffefe68c0cbc92cc625e827?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/7d77c0a83e4c52ebef35021bead038d2abf76287cffefe68c0cbc92cc625e827?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Roman Sudolsky\"},\"description\":\"Founding Editor at Defender Media Almost 20 years of experience in media and PR. He was the Editor-in-Chief of AIN.UA, an editor at Forbes Ukraine, and launched Speka Media, along with several other projects, from scratch.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/in\\\/romansudolsky\\\/\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thedefender.media\\\/en\\\/author\\\/roman-sudolskyy\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Swarmer co-founder Serhii Kupriienko steps down as CEO","description":"\u201cSerhii\u2019s decision to leave was a personal choice,\u201d Swarmer says. Kupriienko remains on the company\u2019s Board of Directors.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/2026\/09\/kupriienko-steps-down-as-swarmer-ceo\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Swarmer co-founder Serhii Kupriienko steps down as CEO","og_description":"\u201cSerhii\u2019s decision to leave was a personal choice,\u201d Swarmer says. Kupriienko remains on the company\u2019s Board of Directors.","og_url":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/2026\/09\/kupriienko-steps-down-as-swarmer-ceo\/","og_site_name":"Defender Media","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DefenderMediaUA","article_published_time":"2026-09-04T07:35:43+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-09-04T07:37:49+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":800,"url":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/drone-swarms-key-to-eliminating-dispersed-targets-at-sea.webp","type":"image\/webp"}],"author":"Roman Sudolsky","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@DefenderMediaUA","twitter_site":"@DefenderMediaUA","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Roman Sudolsky","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/2026\/09\/kupriienko-steps-down-as-swarmer-ceo\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/2026\/09\/kupriienko-steps-down-as-swarmer-ceo\/"},"author":{"name":"Roman Sudolsky","@id":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/4b8e8d546404df9d63691839ecd9f798"},"headline":"Swarmer co-founder Serhii Kupriienko steps down as CEO, Alex Fink takes over","datePublished":"2026-09-04T07:35:43+00:00","dateModified":"2026-09-04T07:37:49+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/2026\/09\/kupriienko-steps-down-as-swarmer-ceo\/"},"wordCount":357,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/2026\/09\/kupriienko-steps-down-as-swarmer-ceo\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/drone-swarms-key-to-eliminating-dispersed-targets-at-sea.webp","keywords":["serhiy kuprienko","staff appointments","swarmer","usa"],"articleSection":["Ecosystem"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/2026\/09\/kupriienko-steps-down-as-swarmer-ceo\/","url":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/2026\/09\/kupriienko-steps-down-as-swarmer-ceo\/","name":"Swarmer co-founder Serhii Kupriienko steps down as CEO","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/2026\/09\/kupriienko-steps-down-as-swarmer-ceo\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/2026\/09\/kupriienko-steps-down-as-swarmer-ceo\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/drone-swarms-key-to-eliminating-dispersed-targets-at-sea.webp","datePublished":"2026-09-04T07:35:43+00:00","dateModified":"2026-09-04T07:37:49+00:00","description":"\u201cSerhii\u2019s decision to leave was a personal choice,\u201d Swarmer says. Kupriienko remains on the company\u2019s Board of Directors.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/2026\/09\/kupriienko-steps-down-as-swarmer-ceo\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/2026\/09\/kupriienko-steps-down-as-swarmer-ceo\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/2026\/09\/kupriienko-steps-down-as-swarmer-ceo\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/drone-swarms-key-to-eliminating-dispersed-targets-at-sea.webp","contentUrl":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/drone-swarms-key-to-eliminating-dispersed-targets-at-sea.webp","width":1200,"height":800,"caption":"\u0421\u043f\u0456\u0432\u0437\u0430\u0441\u043d\u043e\u0432\u043d\u0438\u043a \u0442\u0430 CEO Swarmer \u0421\u0435\u0440\u0433\u0456\u0439 \u041a\u0443\u043f\u0440\u0456\u0454\u043d\u043a\u043e (\u0424\u043e\u0442\u043e: Swarmer)"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/2026\/09\/kupriienko-steps-down-as-swarmer-ceo\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Swarmer co-founder Serhii Kupriienko steps down as CEO, Alex Fink takes over"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/","name":"DEFENDER","description":"Defence Tech","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/#organization","name":"Defender Media","alternateName":"Defender Media","url":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/cropped-ico.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/cropped-ico.png","width":512,"height":512,"caption":"Defender Media"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DefenderMediaUA","https:\/\/x.com\/DefenderMediaUA","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/defender-media\/","https:\/\/t.me\/DefenderMedia\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/4b8e8d546404df9d63691839ecd9f798","name":"Roman Sudolsky","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7d77c0a83e4c52ebef35021bead038d2abf76287cffefe68c0cbc92cc625e827?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7d77c0a83e4c52ebef35021bead038d2abf76287cffefe68c0cbc92cc625e827?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7d77c0a83e4c52ebef35021bead038d2abf76287cffefe68c0cbc92cc625e827?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Roman Sudolsky"},"description":"Founding Editor at Defender Media Almost 20 years of experience in media and PR. He was the Editor-in-Chief of AIN.UA, an editor at Forbes Ukraine, and launched Speka Media, along with several other projects, from scratch.","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/romansudolsky\/"],"url":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/author\/roman-sudolskyy\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100585","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100585"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100585\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":100590,"href":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100585\/revisions\/100590"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=100585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=100585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}