Russia’s aggression, taking advantage of the most severe political crisis in Ukraine’s modern history, became a tool for advancing the Kremlin’s neo-imperial project and resulted in the violation of Ukraine’s state sovereignty in Crimea and parts of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions since 2014. Since then, a prolonged civilizational confrontation has unfolded between the Ukrainian and Russian political projects — both on the battlefield and in the virtual sphere of ideological and information warfare.

In the context of the Russian-Ukrainian hybrid war, which has continued for more than five years, Ukraine has faced a dramatic challenge to its geopolitical agency and even to its very existence. The author examines the Ukrainian crisis as a factor that extends far beyond national borders, becoming a powerful driver of global transformation, despite the skepticism with which many major geopolitical actors still view it. Particular attention is paid to the large-scale reshaping of the Eurasian geopolitical space, a process that is fundamentally altering all participants involved.

The book is intended for readers interested in current issues of Ukrainian history and contemporary geopolitics.

Second edition.

Length: 392 pages. Hardcover.