The Ideological and Ontological Causes of Russia’s War on Ukraine. West versus East; Tyranny versus Democracy
Journal: ETHICS IN PROGRESS
Year: 2023

The article deals with the causes of Russia’s war on Ukraine, which is based on political and geopolitical interests, economic and military strategies, ambitions of individual political leaders, and mentality factors. The ontological basis of the war is the historically formed fundamental difference between the spiritual world, mentality traits of Ukrainians and Russians, which formed under the influence of a particular culture, with its ethnic, value and worldview coordinates, and under the inf