INTRODUCTION: RUSSIAN HYBRID AND INFORMATION WARFARE
INTRODUCTION: RUSSIAN HYBRID AND INFORMATION WARFARE

Summary/Abstract: The term “hybrid warfare” was largely unknown to the general public before the EuroMaidan in Kyiv in late 2013 and the annexation of Crimea in 2014. Despite the recent increased usage of this term, almost to the point of it becoming yet another buzzword, the underlying principles of the phenomenon have been present since the Soviet era. In more recent times, but prior to the events in Ukraine in 2013 and 2014, the concept of hybrid warfare has also been discussed in Western academic and military scholarly work. For example, in 2007 Frank G. Hoffman, described non-linear warfare as a “fusion of war forms emerging, one that blurs regular and irregular warfare”. This is discussed in greater details by Prof. Dr. habil. Col. (ret.) Zdzislaw Sliwa in the current volume.

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