title: The Blurred Lines of Peace and War – An Analysis of Information Operations Used by the Russian Federation in CEE<sup>1</sup>
abstract: The fusion of disinformation, propaganda, cyberattacks, and other forms of covert power can be a coercive tool against an opponent, both in times of peace and during conflicts. The Russian Federation has used those methods to achieve political objectives in countries that are geopolitically important to Moscow. Russia’s information operations in Ukraine were crucial to the annexation of Crimea and expansion into the Donbas region. Russia deploys disinformation propaganda and cyberattacks to infl
journal: The Journal of Slavic Military Studies