“The Ukrainian crisis” – civil or “hybrid” War

Abstract

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 against Ukraine and internal conflict is erasing. Russia is a direct participant of the conflict and wages a “hybrid war” against Ukraine.