Hybrid Warfare: an Orientating or Misleading Concept in Analysing Russia’s Military Actions in Ukraine?
Journal: Lithuanian Annual Strategic Review
Year: 2016

Hybrid warfare is perhaps the most frequently used concept in seeking to explain and define Russia‘s military actions in Ukraine. This article thoroughly analyses the development of the theory of hybrid warfare and circumstances of its formation, draws a line between hybrid warfare and hybrid threats, and discusses the perception of hybrid warfare in the armies of Western states and Russia. Actions of the Russian army in Crimea are analysed on the grounds of the provisions of the theory of hybri