Annexation of Crimea and federalization of Donbas as the exemplification of hybrid warfare in Ukraine. Implications for Poland

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-78
Author(s):  
Marcin Orzechowski ◽  
Janusz Jartyś
Keyword(s):  
Central Europe ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
Hybrid Warfare ◽  
Research Goal ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Hybrid War

In the article, the authors attempted to analyze the actions of the Russian Federation towards Ukraine. The research goal was to justify the hypothesis that in the case of Ukraine, the neo-imperial expansionist strategy in the post-Soviet area is implemented through the deconstruction of statehood as a result of a hybrid war. The authors try to answer the following questions: what consequences can such actions have for Poland and is there a real threat from Russia for the countries of Central Europe? As a result of the analysis, the authors managed to obtain affirmative answers to the above questions.

scholarly journals ПСИХОЛІНГВІСТИЧНІ МАРКЕРИ ДИСКУРСУ ГІБРИДНОЇ ВІЙНИ

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 ◽  
pp. 72-76
Author(s):  
Viktoriia Dumanska
Keyword(s):  
Russian Federation ◽  
Hybrid Warfare ◽  
Verbal Component ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Hybrid War

In thesises the analysis of psycholinguistic markers of hybrid war is carried out, its verbal dimension is considered. The meaning of the term «language of aggression» is also revealed, examples of its use in Ukraine and Russia are given. The means of presenting information on Russia’s hybrid war with Ukraine have been formalized. It was determined that Russia very often uses propaganda methods of empathy and works with programmed reactions. So in order to resist the aggression of the Russian Federation, Ukraine must improve its own information field, primarily by improving the verbal component of hybrid warfare.

scholarly journals Działania hybrydowe na Ukrainie wyzwaniem dla bezpieczeństwa Polski

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 ◽  
pp. 323-353
Author(s):  
Robert Szandrocho
Keyword(s):  
Russian Federation ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Hybrid Warfare ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Hybrid War

Hybrid activities in Ukraine as a challenge to Poland’s security Hybrid warfare, which has been conducted since 2014 in Ukraine has become a new geopolitical phenomenon that directly threatens Poland, and thus Euro-Atlantic security, bringing a new group of threats that emerged after the collapse of the bipolar world. The article discusses how the Russian Federation uses hybrid warfare achieve your political goals and support your own interests. The study also includes an assessment of the threat of hybrid war in Poland as well as the genesis and principles of hybrid operations in the modern world.

scholarly journals Hybrid war: real casualties in Ukraine

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tomasz Kamusella
Keyword(s):  
Central Europe ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Russian Government ◽  
The West ◽  
Russian Speakers ◽  
Scant Attention ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Hybrid War ◽  
Hybrid Character

Hybrid war: real casualties in UkraineThe Russo-Ukrainian war that broke out in 2014 in the wake of Russia’s annexation of Crimea continues to be all too rarely noticed in the West. Observers comment widely on the novel ‘hybrid’ character of warfare as developed and trialed by the Kremlin worldwide during the recent years, but pay scant attention to the Russian ‘training ground’ in eastern Ukraine. The article probes into the realities of the ongoing RussoUkrainian war, alongside the ideological underpinnings of the Kremlin’s intervention and Ukraine’s response to this attack. It appears that the Russian government adopted ethnolinguistic nationalism, typical of Central Europe, namely, that all Russian-speakers constitute the Russian nation, especially if their communities compactly inhabit areas directly bordering on the Russian Federation. Wojna hybrydowa: Prawdziwe ofiary wojny rosyjsko-ukraińskiejWojna rosyjsko-ukraińska, która wybuchła w 2014 r. w następstwie aneksji Krymu przez Rosję, jest nadal zbyt rzadko zauważana na Zachodzie. Obserwatorzy szeroko komentują „hybrydowy” charakter działań wojennych, wypracowywanych i wypróbowywanych przez Kreml po całym świecie w ciągu ostatnich lat, lecz nie zwracają uwagi na rosyjski „poligon doświadczalny” we wschodniej Ukrainie. Artykuł analizuje realia toczącej się tam wojny rosyjsko-ukraińskiej, jak i ideologiczne założenia interwencji militarnej Kremla oraz reakcję Ukrainy na tenże atak ze strony Rosji. Wydaje się, że rosyjski rząd przyjął jako uzasadnienie etnolingwistyczny nacjonalizm (typowy dla Europy Środkowej), a mianowicie, że wszystkie osoby rosyjskojęzyczne to członkowie narodu rosyjskiego, zwłaszcza jeśli ich społeczności zamieszkują tereny bezpośrednio graniczące z obszarem Federacji Rosyjskiej.

East-Central Europe and the Russian Federation

1995 ◽  
Vol 42 (4) ◽  
pp. 29-36
Author(s):  
Susanne M. Birgerson ◽  
Roger E. Kanet
Keyword(s):  
Central Europe ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
East Central Europe ◽  
East Central ◽  
The Russian Federation

scholarly journals КРИЗА ІНСТИТУТУ ДЕМОКРАТІЇ В УМОВАХ ГІБРИДНОЇ ВІЙНИ: ЕЛЕКТОРАЛЬНИЙ РАКУРС

2019 ◽  
pp. 4-15
Author(s):  
Т. Г. Андрієвський
Keyword(s):  
Russian Federation ◽  
Political Institutions ◽  
Direct Democracy ◽  
World Order ◽  
Main Process ◽  
Far Right ◽  
Cast Doubt ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
The Government ◽  
Hybrid War

In this article the vulnerability of democratic states in the context of a hybrid war through the prism of political institutions and processes was considered. It is determined that the Russian Federation in its dissemination of hybrid threats pays special attention to the institute of direct democracy - elections as the main process of state functioning. Through disinformation campaigns and manipulations with democratic values and principles, the aggressor tries to weaken the opponents, undermine political systems from the inside, and exacerbate tension and polarization in society. The article analyzes the publication of the adviser to the president of the Russian Federation, Vladislav Surkov, in which the unequivocal threat to the Western democratic world order is expressed. An analysis of the statements of Surkov showed that modern liberal democracy is an extremely vulnerable mechanism, where the Russian Federation spreads chaos by manipulating. The aggressor focuses on the erosion of confidence in the government and the strengthening of populism. A similar result is achieved by spreading misinformation and manipulating information. It has been established that misinformation is intended to create an appropriate public opinion, which should correspond to the goals of the aggressor. It is established that the aggressor is interested in the elections as a process, and therefore the victory of a particular (pro-Russian) candidate is not so important for aggressor’s purposes. Therefore the process of voting is bringing to the point of absurdity, which would entail doubts about the result of such a procedure. Accordingly, the final result of such elections will be a political system without voter’s confidence. Narratives that are “thrown” into the information field are designed to disorient the voter as much as possible, to polarize society, which ultimately should cast doubt on the effectiveness of the electoral process. Therefore, Russian propaganda, through various channels, simultaneously criticizes all the political forces, even opposing in its ideology, or supports some of them (e.g. far-right or far-left populist movements).

scholarly journals Hybrid Warfare and the Russian Federation Informational Strategy to Influence Civilian Population in Ukraine

2018 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 192-200
Author(s):  
Aurelian Raţiu ◽  
Alexandra Munteanu
Keyword(s):  
Russian Federation ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Specific Area ◽  
Hybrid Warfare ◽  
Civilian Population ◽  
The Russian Federation

Abstract The conflict in Ukraine is largely considered to be a strong example of hybrid warfare, where the Russian Federation is using hybrid tactics to influence Ukraine and especially the civilian population. This paper focuses on answering the research question, how is the Russian federation using its informational warfare to influence civilian population in Ukraine? In this respect we will use the ASCOPE (Area, Structures, Capabilities, Organizations, People and Events) analysis, in order to determine trough each field, the methods in which Russia seeks control over the specific area and manipulate how the civilian population of Ukraine perceives the cause and events within their country.

scholarly journals BINARY OPPOSITION «HOME-HOMELESSNESS» IN THE NOVEL «ORPHANAGE» BY SERHII ZHADAN

2021 ◽  
pp. 180-190
Author(s):  
Tetiana Bondarieva
Keyword(s):  
Russian Federation ◽  
Research Method ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Binary Opposition ◽  
The Bible ◽  
New Meanings ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Hybrid War ◽  
Intertextual Connections ◽  
Linguistic Material

This article examines the novel of the famous Ukrainian writer Serhii Zhadan «ORPHANAGE» (2017) in terms of the implementation of the binary opposition «home / homelessness». The novel is written in travel genre and covers the events of the war between Ukraine and the Russian Federation in Donbass. It is the theme of the war and the genre of the work that creates the ground for the image of the characters outside their home: sometimes being homeless is not knowing whose side of the war your home is on. The article reveals the specifics of the topic of homelessness in a hybrid war in Ukraine using the intertextual research method. Paratextual analysis is involved: the meaning of the title of the novel, annotation, other extra-textual superstructures for revealing new meanings of the text in the discourse of the researched topic is analyzed. In particular, the linguistic material is partially analyzed taking into account the bilingual population of Donbass. Intertextual connections with the Bible, works by F. Dostoevskii, M. Bulgakov, intermediate components, etc. are revealed.

scholarly journals Comparative Analysis of the Hybrid Tactics Application by the Russian Federation in Conflicts with Georgia and Ukraine

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 48-73
Author(s):  
Lesia Dorosh ◽  
Olha Ivasechko ◽  
Jaryna Turchyn
Keyword(s):  
Russian Federation ◽  
Hybrid Methods ◽  
Armed Forces ◽  
Armed Conflicts ◽  
Raw Material ◽  
Effective Combination ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Will Force ◽  
Hybrid War ◽  
The Military

The essence and main characteristics of the hybrid war are reviewed as a means of destroying the enemy country from inside due to the effective combination of conventional armed forces, subversion, propaganda, and dissemination of misinformation. The hybrid tactics used by the Russian Federation in Ukraine and Georgia are investigated. A comparativeanalysisof the military component in the confrontation between Russia, Ukraine and Georgia is conducted, the peculiarities of informational and psychological confrontation and factors that led to the significant achievements of the Russian side in the hybrid warfare are revealed, economic aspect of the hybrid confrontation are clarified (especially regarding the factors of financial, energy and raw material dependence) and, finally, the key conditions for the widespread use of hybrid methods of confrontation during modern armed conflicts are identified. Thedifference is proved between conflicts in Georgia and Ukraine, mainly in the use of military means. It is established that the conditions for the conflict in Crimea were unique, or at least extremely rare, and they can hardly be reproduced in any other place. It is noted that in the future, hybrid war will become rather a situational phenomenon, because the implementation of aggressive actions against another state without the necessary conditions for it will lead either to a quick defeat of the aggressor state, or will force such a state to move toconventional warfare, which requires significant financial costs and inevitably will cause decline in the prestige of such a state within the international community.

scholarly journals Dynamic Coordination of Internal Displacement: Return and Integration Cases in Ukraine and Georgia

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (10) ◽  
pp. 4123
Author(s):  
Oleg Bazaluk ◽  
Svitlana Balinchenko
Keyword(s):  
Russian Federation ◽  
Internal Displacement ◽  
Internally Displaced ◽  
Dynamic Coordination ◽  
Decision Making Processes ◽  
Durable Solutions ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Hybrid War ◽  
Russian Military ◽  
Coordination Patterns

The conflict-related internal displacement in Ukraine since 2014, after the armed combats with Russian military forces backing the separatist administrations, as well as the occupation of Crimea by the Russian Federation have not been state-organized. They imply a range of personal choices depending on civil positions and destinations for resettlement; therefore, the affected persons get involved in the consequent practical discourses and decision-making processes. Based on the legislative acts and the international reports on internal displacement, the internal displacement due to the current hybrid war of the Russian Federation against Ukraine is compared with the first Russia-backed separatist conflicts after the collapse of the USSR—the wars in South Ossetia, in 1992, and in Abkhazia, in 2008. The internal displacement situations have been reviewed through their dynamic coordination patterns, with regard to non-equilibrium transitions, fluctuations, and adaptations triggered on the systemic, community, and personal levels, as well as to the expected durable solutions: integration, return, temporary resettlement. Therefore, we suggest, for further discussion, the patterns of bistability—for the internal displacement due to the Russo-Georgian wars of 1992 and 2008, characterized by an overfocus, in the practical discourses, on the return of the internally displaced persons (IDP), and metastability—for the conflict-related internal displacement in Ukraine, with both the return and local integration solutions creating the quasi-stable system.

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