Geopolitics of the Russia-Ukraine War and Russian Cyber Attacks on Ukraine-Georgia and Expected Threats

Abstract

The Russia-Ukraine war has become an important geopolitical event in the world, and it affects the formation of the modern world order and international security. The world will not be the same as it was before the war; the West will better understand Russia’s tough policies and continue to treat it more cautiously. Russia has used many of the means at its disposal during the war, including hybrid warfare, cyber warfare, soft power, elements of asymmetric warfare, and ultimate rigid power in the context of symmetric threat. Cyberspace in the modern era is an important measure of producing a new generation of war. Russia is actively using its cyber capabilities in the Russia-Ukraine war. It is in Russia’s main interest to restore vectors of influence in the territories of the former Soviet Union. For this, it uses various combat methods, cyber warfare, hybrid warfare, information warfare, hard and soft power combined. Russia has carried out and continues to carry out cyber-attacks on Ukraine’s strategic facilities, government websites, as well as infrastructure, etc. The article discusses the threats and risks posed by Russia from cyberspace to Ukraine and Georgia; the cyber capabilities of Ukraine and the role of the West in strengthening its cyber security; NATO and EU policy in the development of Ukraine-Georgia cyber security in the context of risk response and management. The paper also focuses on Russian military aggression, the Russia-Ukraine war, and the resulting threats to Ukraine and the world at large.

Keywords

• cybersecurity
• cyber attacks
• cyber war
• armed war
• armed conflict
• global security
• ukraine
• russia
• georgia
• nato