Poronyuk R. Development of the Information-Media Component of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in 1991–2021: A Historical Aspect

The dissertation is devoted to the development of the information-media component of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in a historical retrospective. Based on theoretical analysis, the dissertation examines: the state of the source base and historiography of the issue; the activities of specialized structures of NATO armed forces to counter the negative influence of the enemy (based on the experience of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Poland and the Armed Forces of the Republic of Lithuania). For the first time in domestic historiography, information on the activities of the units of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation conducting information (information-psychological, psychological) operations at the tactical, operational, and strategic levels has been summarized. The dissertation reconstructs the chronology of the development of the information-media component of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (from their creation to the beginning of the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation in February 2022). It identifies the main forms and methods of information influence of the Russian Federation used by the information-media units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from January 2014 to February 24, 2022. The practical significance of the obtained results lies in the proposals for the further development of the information-media component of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, including the improvement of the organizational structure and the elimination of duplicative functions. The introduction justifies the relevance of the dissertation topic, defines the purpose, object, subject of the study, research tasks and methodology, formulates scientific novelty and practical significance, and provides a list of publications on the dissertation topic, as well as the structure and scope of the study.