Russian Aggression on Ukraine: Cyber Operations and the Influence of Cyberspace on Modern Warfare

Štrucl, Damjan

Russian Aggression on Ukraine: Cyber Operations and the Influence of Cyberspace on Modern Warfare

CONTEMPORARY MILITARY CHALLENGES

Volume 24 (2022): Issue 2 (June 2022)

By: Damjan Štrucl

Open Access

|Feb 2023

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.33179/bsv.99.svi.11.cmc.24.2.6 | Journal eISSN: 2463-9575 | Journal ISSN: 2232-2825

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Language: English, Slovenian

Page range: 103 - 123

Published on: Feb 15, 2023

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Keywords:

Hybrid operations,

information operations,

Related subjects:

Sociology of science, technology, and environment,

Political science,

Political thought,

Military policy,

International relations

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