ІНФОРМАЦІЯ ЯК ЗАСІБ ВЕДЕННЯ СУЧАСНИХ ГІБРИДНИХ ВОЄН
INFORMATION AS A MEANS OF CONDUCTING OF MODERN HYBRID WARS
Author(s): Olha Balynska, Roman Blahuta, Zinaida ZhyvkoSubject(s): Military policy, Studies in violence and power, Peace and Conflict Studies
Published by: Fundacja „Oświata i Nauka Bez Granic PRO FUTURO”
Keywords: war; hybrid war; information; information war; national idea;
Summary/Abstract: Information is an effective means of warfare. In the context of hybridization of military strategies, it must be recognized as one of the most powerful, and perhaps even the only profitable, means (there is no need to spend money to buy equipment and keep the military). A negative information impact, aimed at undermining the morale of the army and the patriotic sentiment of the population, can do much more damage to the state than a numerically and technically stronger enemy army. The main illustrative material in the article is the hybrid war between Russia and Ukraine. The events of the Euromaidan, the Revolution of Dignity, the annexation of Crimea and the escalation of violence in the Donbas, which grew into a full-scale armed conflict, demonstrate that this hybrid war is not so much about the occupation of Ukrainian territories as the desire to undermine the governance structure in the state from within, to suppress the will of the Ukrainians to resist.
Journal: KELM (Knowledge, Education, Law, and Management)
- Issue Year: 26/2019
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 3-22
- Page Count: 20
- Language: English, Ukrainian