title: Russian Information War in the Ukrainian Conflict
abstract: The conflict in Ukraine unambiguously proves that information warfare became a very important, if not crucial, element of the Russian way of pursuing hybrid war. As an old maxim goes: Truth is a first casualty of war. This rule undoubtedly is even more relevant in hybrid war than it is in conventional war. Even before the conflict in Ukraine broke out in its entirety Russian, Ukrainian and Western societies have been subjected to a very intensive propaganda campaign initiated by the Kremlin and 
journal: NATO science for peace and security series. Sub-series E, Human and societal dynamics