Consciental War against Ukraine: Putinism vs Ukrainian Identity
Journal: Przegląd Strategiczny
Year: 2024

The purpose of this article is to conceptualize the essence of Russia’s war against Ukraine as a consciental war, which, according to the authors, is an integral part of the nature of the “putinism” political regime. At the level of a research hypothesis, we state that it is consciental weapons, that allow this political regime to reproduce itself, that is, to provide internal political legitimation. At the same time, the implementation of Russia’s foreign policy strategies of war and aggression