“The Ukrainian crisis” – civil or “hybrid” War
Journal: Wschód Europy Studia humanistyczno-społeczne
Year: 2015

Developments in Ukraine take place at a time of changes of the system of international relations and fit into hybridism of the Post-Westphalian system. It allows for considering “Ukrainian crisis” in three dimensions as: 1) internal Ukrainian confrontation of rival political and economic groups of influence, 2) Russian-Ukrainian conflict because of Crimea, and 3) Russian “hybrid war” against Ukraine. In “Ukrainian crisis” of low intensity, the difference between a classic war waged by Russia aga