From hybrid warfare to aggression: unlawfull practices in international relations

The strategy of the new world order proclaimed by the ruler of Russia in 2008, which does not provide for the existence of the state of Ukraine, is based on the new generation doctrine of Russian war or the doctrine of hybrid warfare and is continued in aggression, which is natural to achieve the goal defined by the Russian vision of the world order and Russia's place in the coordinates of international relations.

The world was deaf and even blind during the first decades of the 21st century.

They did not hear the Russian ruler's intentions to revise the world order in 2008, did not see the threat in the aggression against Georgia, did not make a thorough analysis with relevant practical conclusions from the hybrid warfare doctrine publicly announced by the Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces in 2013, did not respond to Russia's aggression against Ukraine in 2014, and did not pay attention to the brutal, cynical violations of international law in Syria.

Only the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 forced world leaders to come to their senses and declare in solidarity the inadmissibility of such internationally wrongful actions, and provide an appropriate political and legal assessment in joint international documents.

However, the world lacks unity in assessing Russia's aggressive actions - some agents of the invader or political and economic partners of this state avoid a realistic attitude to the imperial activities of the contender for world leadership, continue to play along and indulge in the implementation of the new generation doctrine of Russian war .

After all, it was not enough to read Mein Kampf at one time. It was necessary to recognize the global threat and act accordingly. As the historical events of the last century have shown, from the expressed intention to spread evil in the world, in the absence of strong arguments against it, the aggressor spreads evil through inhuman behavior, destruction of life on the territory chosen for aggression by fire and available means of combat destruction. Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf ended in his own destruction, which cost humanity millions of victims around the world.

What does the world hope for today, when those who claim to have their own vision of the world order based on the deals of the new leadership of the still democratic United States declare the need for friendly relations with someone who has resorted to numerous manifestations of international aggression, who is destroying the world order, destroying all life on its imperial path, who is seizing another's territory by military robbery, claiming that there are no international legal prohibitions on such behavior?

Deals - what are they about? About a new division of the world? Is it about the destruction of law? Is it about the dominance of violence? Is it about the benefits of the war doctrine, hidden behind various simulacra of Russian origin, ranging from the incomprehensible through mythologizing the need to protect Russian national interests to special operations on the territory of a neighboring state in order to destroy it? Is Deals about justifying genocide, crimes against humanity, ecocide, justifying aggression and terrorist activities against civilians?

A deal implies equality of parties, respect for the right of each party, provides for an interest that is protected and supported by law, provides for a fair assessment of losses and compensation, provides for guarantees of the parties against possible future violations and responsibility for violation of the right of one of the parties.

Aggression and a deal are incompatible by nature. The aggressor must stop, return the loot, apologize for its actions, compensate for damages, and provide guarantees not to violate the law in the future. Only under such circumstances are there grounds to enter into an agreement with the aggressor. Otherwise, the deal becomes the basis for further aggressive actions, for the destruction of the person who signed the agreement with him, since the aggressor's intentions were the same when the deal was concluded - destruction and robbery.

In the difficult circumstances of countering Russian aggression, which are even more difficult for Ukraine, we should not forget that the rest of the world continues to be subjected to Russia's hybrid actions to wage war in the illusion of peace, just as in the new generation doctrine of Russian war .

Everyone needs to remember this! Especially to the agents of Russian aggression and those who wish to maintain friendly relations with the aggressor, who sees those who claim to be friends with him as its next victim. This warning applies in full to the great and still democratic state that is the United States of America, a reliable partner of Ukraine until recently and, we are convinced, in the future as well, in the unequal struggle for sovereignty and independence in repelling the brutal Russian aggression.

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Pavlo Bohutskyi