CONTEXTUAL-TEMPORAL PARADIGM OF THE MAIN LESSONS OF THE RUSSIAN-UKRAINIAN WAR

Abstract

The article offers a generalization (as of 2023) of the lessons of the Russian-Ukrainian war of 2014–2023. Russian aggression against Ukraine at the end of February 2022 turned into a phase of a large-scale war. It caused strong resistance from the Ukrainian state and society, as well as Western anti-Russian sanctions. The Russian-Ukrainian war went far beyond the borders of Ukraine and Russia, it gained regional and global significance. Intermediate summaries and results of the war encourage us to understand and generalize its lessons for Ukraine, Europe and the world, which are especially important for understanding the nature and trends of the evolution of modern international relations and the world order. This is what determines the relevance and purpose of researching the problem. The research methodology is based on the principles of scientificity, historicism, systematicity, generalization, multifactoriality in combination with the use of methods of analysis and synthesis, historical-comparative and historical-genetic, systemic and structural-functional analysis. The lessons of the large-scale phase of the Russian-Ukrainian war are based on the analysis of the current state of the situation at the front, military and diplomatic efforts to ensure the victory of Ukraine. This is necessary to stop Russian aggression and the crimes of the Russian occupiers, to restore the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine, punishment of aggressors, to return to the international legal order, and to ensure lasting and stable peace in Europe and the world. Another generalizing lesson is the awareness of Ukraine’s allies and partners that it is a real stronghold that protects democratic rights and freedoms, universal human values. Ukrainians, with their resilience and struggle, gave new impulses to the North Atlantic partnership and European integration. In the future, this is of great importance for the priorities of European and world civilizational development.