THE ROLE OF INFLUENCE OPERATIONS IN DEALING WITH A STRONGER ADVERSARY: AN ANALYSIS OF THE PREOCCUPATION OF CRIMEA AND THE PREPARATORY PERIODS FOR THE RUSSIAN INTERVENTION IN UKRAINE IN 2022
Journal: Calhoun: The Naval Postgraduate School Institutional Archive (Naval Postgraduate School)
Year: 2023

Russian active operations in the information environment (OIE) against Ukraine in 2014 and 2022, which preceded military interventions, demonstrated the importance of dominating in the information space in 21st-century conflicts. In 2014, to maintain the image of the ruling regime for the domestic audience and to manifest victory, the Kremlin targeted the Crimean Peninsula and the Ukrainian regions of Donetsk and Lugansk in aggressive Russian operations. The success of the information operations