INFORMATION COMPONENT OF RUSSIA’S HYBRID WAR AGAINST UKRAINE

Abstract

The informational component of the “hybrid war” used by the Russian Federation against Ukraine is considered. The components of information warfare, subjects and forms of hybrid warfare are substantiated. Priorities for the formation of an effective system for ensuring information security of Ukraine have been determined. It is noted that the information policy should contribute to the formation of the national information space, integration into the world information space and the formation of a democratically oriented consciousness. One of the main tasks of the information policy of the state is the creation of the necessary economic, legal, social, organizational mechanisms for the formation, development and effective use of national information resources in all spheres of life. It is summarized that the hybrid war unleashed by the Russian Federation against Ukraine is not only a challenge to the existence of an independent Ukrainian state. Danger threatens the entire system of international and European security. This leads to the destruction of the existing security architecture, the discrediting of its main structures, such as NATO, the EU, the OSCE, the UN Charter and the Helsinki Process regarding the inviolability of borders and state sovereignty. Russia, destroying the world order and generating global chaos in the international environment, claims a gradual and steady resto ation of Russian influence and significance on the international arena. And the Western world is gradually beginning to realize the threat of Russia’s geopolitical revenge. Ukraine, as well as the entire democratic world, should respond to the enemy’s aggression in a timely and adequate manner.