INFORMATION INFLUENCE IN THE CONDITIONS OF HYBRID WARFARE

Abstract

The article highlights the influence of information in the conditions of hybrid warfare in the context of political events in Ukraine and the West for the period of 2014–2021. Information is defined as a special means of waging war. Attention is also paid to fakes as a threat to information security, in particular for Ukraine. It was determined that the main goals of the information policy in Ukraine are the following to ensure the protection of information sovereignty (especially the protection of the national information space with information resources and sys- tems for the collective social consciousness formation) in modern conditions of globalization and internationalization of processes in the information sphere. An important component of the state is an increased attention to the level of information sufficiency for decision-making by public bodies, enterprises and citizens as well as realization of constitutional rights and freedoms of citizens and society. The activities of domestic state authorities in protecting the information space from internal and external threats are analyzed. It was found that the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, as a body of legislative power, adopts laws regulating relations in the field of information security and information protection. The regulatory framework is formed using normative legal acts in the field of information is- sued by the government bodies of various branches. Both bodies of the executive power such as Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, which includes ministries with their subordinate bodies and local bodies, execute the relevant laws. It is empha- sized that the system of definitions characterizing various aspects of information activities, becomes the basis for the formation of appropriate security concepts necessary for the development of technologies of organization and providing in- formation security. The result of the research is the conclusions that cover the analysis of the components content, in particular, a set of normative document re- sources and publications on information aggression against Ukraine by the Rus- sian Federation.