title: RUSSIAN-UKRAINIAN WAR: THE WAY HOW THE "GRAY WAR" IN THE EAST OF UKRAINE TURNED INTO A LARGE-SCALE "BLACK" ONE
abstract: After Putin came to power, the hybrid war against Ukraine acquired a pronounced existential character, as the Ukrainian people demonstrated independence in making political decisions, in spite of all forces and means imposed by the totalitarian Russian "brotherhood". In 2014, as a result of the occupation of Crimea and certain territories of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, hybrid aggression against Ukraine was usually considered in the concepts of the gray zone conflict. Taking into account the
journal: Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)