The center is known to exist since at least 2012. The activities of the center are partially determined by the “Information Security Doctrine of Ukraine” regarding the center. The center is involved in studying the socio-political environment of neighboring countries, amplifying pro Ukraine narratives, identification and suppression of sources creating propaganda against Ukraine,
information warfare,
cyber warfare and
psychological warfare. It is one of the key Ukrainian units, involved in psychological and information warfare against Russia and has been alleged by pro Russian media, along with the
74th Psychological and Information Warfare Center to coordinate with the NATO Command & Control Centre of Excellence, the NATO
Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence, the
Special Operations Command,
4th Psychological Operations Group of Pentagon and the
77th Brigade and the
15th Regiment of the
British Armed Forces. In June 2019, its headquarters were relocated from
Huyvy to
Berdychiv. The first Q-Course for the unit began on 5 August 2019 and lasted three months. In December 2019, separatist aligned media reported that they had "exposed" that the personnel from the 16th Psychological Warfare Center were posing as "Nikolai Vulich" who claimed to be an insider from the separatist controlled territory. Following the
2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, it was engaged in psychological and information warfare. In February 2024, a
Volkswagen Crafter was transferred to the center by Chemerovecka Hromada. ==Foreign involvement==