Hybrid warfare on the Ukrainian battlefield: developing theory based on empirical evidence
Journal: Journal on Baltic Security./Journal on Baltic security
Year: 2019

Abstract With the takeover of Crimea by masked Russian soldiers/fighters without national insignia in February/March 2014, with the Kremlin at first denying its involvement, war became ‘hybrid’ in our minds. The follow-on conflict in Eastern Ukraine, with separatism supported by neighbouring countries and the armed establishment and military securing of pseudo-state people’s republics, including recourse to pro-Russian fighters ‘on holiday’, has reinforced the impression of a hybrid form of warf