Mariupol: april 2014. the beginning of the anti-terrorist operation
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.31558/3083-5771.2024.2.13Keywords:
Mariupol, eastern Ukraine, pro-Russian terrorists, anti-terrorist operation, hybrid war, «Russian spring»Abstract
The task of scientific research consists in the need to analyze the state of current development of the topic, the beginning of the anti-terrorist operation (ATO) in the east of Ukraine, the circumstances of its implementation in Mariupol.
The methodology of the article is based on the principles of complex application of modern theoretical approaches, involves a combination of historical and historiographical analysis, historical regionalism, which is connected with the application of interdisciplinary socio-humanitarian analysis of the problem.
The main results of the research carried out within the article. The historiographical analysis of the mentioned problem testified to the fragmentary coverage of the topic, its source base needs to be expanded by adding archival materials, information from social networks, sources of personal origin.
Factual analysis of the topic led to the conclusion that the beginning of the antiterrorist operation in eastern Ukraine, the implementation of its activities in Mariupol was the result of illegal actions by pro-Russian terrorists, which caused the aggravation of the ocial and political situation in the eastern Ukrainian region in general, in particular in Mariupol as an important military-strategic, economic, the logistics center of the UkrainianRussian border in the context of the hybrid aggression against the Ukrainian state unleashed by the imperial Kremlin authorities of the Russian Federation.
Pushed by Putin’s special services, the pro-Russian fifth column in Mariupol, combining anti-Ukrainian propaganda and armed actions, intensified anti-state actions to seize the premises of Ukrainian administrative institutions and law enforcement structures. The Mariupol City Council building was repeatedly attacked by pro-Russian terrorists. In mid-April 2014, the threat to the legitimate Ukrainian authorities in Mariupol arose in connection with an attempt by militants led by Russian agents to seize military unit No. 3057 of the National Guard of Ukraine in order to use its weapons against Ukrainian troops.
Thanks to the decisive actions of the units of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, the implementation of these criminal actions was not allowed. Thus, an antiterrorist operation began in Mariupol. On the whole it was a success, though not definitive. The analysis of this successful battle proved that the overall victory of the Ukrainian forces in the city was hindered by the pro-Russian sentiments of a large part of Mariupol citizens, who were bombarded by active enemy propaganda.
The originality of the study: issues of anti-terrorist operation in Mariupol, which were not properly analyzed in previous studies, are highlighted.
The practical significance of intelligence lies in the fact that the results of the conducted research can be used to analyze the place of the Ukrainian Azov region in the implementation of ATO in the east of Ukraine
Prospects for studying the problem. The conducted research revealed a number of contradictions in the issues of the used information, which need to be further eliminated by adding new sources. The considered social processes that took place in the city under the conditions of ATO, the problems of its implementation, which appeared in the Azov region, require further understanding.
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