2017

Security and Defence Quarterly

Journal year: 2017 | Journal volume: vol. 14 | Journal number: nr 1

scientific article

english

EN The article focuses on the hybrid conflict on the territory of Ukraine since 2013; its aim is to depict characteristic features of the hybrid war. The background of this article is the politics of Russia towards Ukraine since 1991, when this country gained its independence. In the opinion of Russians, Ukraine is a geopolitical misunderstanding, which openly violates the concept of “Russkiy Mir” (the Russian world). This means that Russia constantly aims at maintaining its sphere of influence in terms of the economy and politics in this region, as well as control over the military potential. Russia’s concerns mainly come from Ukraine’s desire to participate in some organisations, such as the EU or NATO. A real breakthrough was the Maidan Revolution and the annexation of Crimea, which resulted in the hybrid war in Ukraine. The analysis of the current source literature lets us draw certain conclusions, namely it gives us the chance to determine that the actions of Russia on the territory of Ukraine are the typical methods of a hybrid war, which is a modern war, whose shape and character are constantly being created and generated by the contemporary researchers of this issue.

21.03.2017

91 - 109

10.35467/sdq/105406

https://securityanddefence.pl/THE-NEW-DIMENSION-OF-WAR-THE-UKRAINE-nCONFLICT,105406,0,2.html

Bibliografia, netografia na stronach 108-109.

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