CONFLICT IN EASTERN UKRAINE AND ITS PSYCHOLOGICAL PECULIARITIES
Journal: Ante portas - studia nad bezpieczeństwem
Year: 2019

The conflict that has been flaming up since 2014 in the East of Ukraine is a real multi-faceted war between Russia and Ukraine. It is also called the Anti-terrorist operation (ATO), Joint forces operation or “hybrid” war, as in Ukraine at the legislative level it has not been acknowledged as a war. When a war is defined as “hybrid” it is suggested that it is not a full-scale intervention of the Russian Federation and thus it is easier for many politician to justify their inactivity; just crossin