Protection of civilian population of Ukraine in the context of hybrid war

Abstract

The paper is focused on the most important problem in eastern Ukraine, where the timely evacuation of civilians from combat areas, ensuring children and elderly safety, protection of people dwellings in remote areas are the key tasks for the government and Ukrainian local authorities during military conflicts The main reasons resulting in the resolution of conflict actions, such as: economic and political weakening of Ukraine in the international arena, internal conflict of interests, instability of power, long lasting desire of the aggressor to conquer certain territories of Ukraine are considered. The essence and causes of the military-political conflict in the East of Ukraine are considered and the available approaches to the concept of «hybrid war» are characterized. The results and causes of the military confrontation in the eastern part of Ukraine among the civilian people are presented. The peculiarities of the development of the civil protection system ensuring the state security, as well as Ukraine experience in providing civil protection under the conditions of hybrid type conflict are analyzed. Analysis of normative acts which should be applied in the organization of actions for civilian people evacuation from combat areas is carried out. Recommendations for complete protection of civilian people in the combat areas and timely evacuation among the civilian people are provided. Priorities for further improvement of the legislative, regulatory and legal framework and organizational support of civil protection are identified. Strategic measures for civilian people evacuation from military zone in the Eastern part of Ukraine with the least losses using international experience are proposed and developed, as well as positive aspects of creating the whole structural unit of civil-military cooperation, which at present provides maximum assistance to civilians in Donbas combat area are given. It is proved that hybrid war is one of the most difficult, as it is very difficult to predict the tactics, course, boundaries and strategy of its conducting, but people defence under the conditions of military actions is a key task of the military and government.