Russian Information Operations Against the Ukrainian State and Defence Forces: April-December 2014 in Online News
Volume 2, Issue 1 (2016), pp. 28–71
Pub. online: 1 June 2016
Type: Research Article
Open Access
Open Access
Published
1 June 2016
1 June 2016
Abstract
The aim of the current article is to provide analysis
of information operations of the Russian Federation performed against the Ukrainian state and defence forces from 1 April until 31 December 2014. Russia uses ideological, historical, political symbols and narratives for justifying and supporting their military,
economic and political campaigns not only in Donbass but in the whole of Ukraine. The article concentrates on the various means of meaning-making carried out by Russian information operations regarding the Ukrainian state and military structures.