The hybrid warfare method was again used by Russia in the case of the conflict that occurred in Ukraine. One of the countries in which Russia has an interest in Ukraine.
Ukraine is a country located in the Eastern European region and has a fairly strategic position in the black sea region and has quite a lot of mineral resources, in addition, Ukraine is the largest country in Europe which has important natural resources which are especially for the Russian state.
Looking at the historical arc, Russia and Ukraine have a fairly close relationship where Ukraine itself is one of the breakaway countries of the Soviet Union, it is said that the relationship between the two countries is quite close, as evidenced in 1954 by the leader of the Soviet Union who ceded the Crimean region where the region has strong cultural ties with Russia.
Nevertheless, relations between Russia and Ukraine are not improving, especially as Russia makes various efforts to achieve its interests in Ukraine.
There were demonstrations due to dissatisfaction with the policies of victor Yanukovych's government, which received funds from Russia that refused to borrow from the European Union and ousted president Victor Yanukovych.Â
On February 27, 2014, unidentified gunmen associated with Russia's military intelligence apparatus seized the buildings of major public institutions in Crimea and raised Russian flags on them.
Seeing this, it has urged the Ukrainian government to send troops which have led to an arms conflict between the people who support Russia and the Ukrainian army. Thus, Russia intervened under the pretext of protecting ethnic and Russian-speaking people.
Thus, the reason Russia intervened was that it was to protect ethnic and Russian-speaking people. In less than a week, Russia took control of the peninsula, and on March 18, 2014, it annexed Crimea. There were separatist actions in Eastern Ukraine, especially in cities such as Donetsk, Luhansk, and Harkov.
The separatist action called for his dissatisfaction with the new leadership. All actions are accompanied by strong and trusted diplomatic, economic, and media engagement campaigns. The action was supported by various large Russian military units and marched along the border with Ukraine.
Since May 2014, Russia has used non-state actors in Eastern Ukraine to act as proxies in the war, carried out by providing money and combat equipment until Russia has been able to control the Donetsk and Luhansk regions.Â
Russia also carried out cyber attacks against Ukraine where in 2014 there were wiretaps or phone attacks on lawmakers, while also attacking several official Ukrainian government websites and the attacks affected presidential elections.
