Ukrainian President: Russia has unleashed 'World Hybrid War'
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has said that the hybrid war in Ukraine, which Russia unleashed, is gradually affecting other countries, the Presidential press service reported.
"Today, there is nothing for us but to acknowledge that the hybrid war being waged by Russia is gradually turning into a full-fledged World Hybrid War... I am the one to warn you that there are no limits in the Kremlin as regards its hidden agenda. There is no country, which is so familiar with Moscow’s hybrid tactics as Ukraine," the President said on February 16, speaking at the 54th Munich Security Conference.
He called upon the whole world to resist Russia's attempts to "break our unity and ruin our democracies."
"This war is being waged at different levels, on different battlefields and at different speeds. This war has already recruited many different actors, who might not be even aware of their destructive roles. However, the evil behind this war is the same, and he resides in Kremlin," Poroshenko stressed.
He pointed out that Russian aggression was well planned in advance.
"Take armies of trolls and propagandists penetrating our homes, who recognize no borders, no moral principles and no rules. Take fake news, which distorts reality and disorients our societies. Take the migration waves, above all to the countries of the European Union, which were designed to destabilize and blow up it from within. Take cyber-attacks, which aim not only at election campaigns, but also at our critical infrastructure. As it was the case with the well-known ‘NotPetya’ cyber-attack against Ukraine last year, which was part of Kremlin’s effort to destabilize our country and spread worldwide," the head of state said.
Poroshenko added that all these actions that Russia is taking " are accompanied by massive militarization of the Russian regime and its proven readiness to use any military tools available, including nuclear weapons."
"Countering Russian aggression is an existential challenge in terms of what our future will be," the Ukrainian leader summed up.