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internal treason are the two main factors that resulted in the death of all state entities that
arose on
Ukrainian lands (according to the definition of the outstanding Ukrainian historian Ya. G.
Dashkevich). Those forms of Ukrainian statehood that emerged on the territory of Ukraine in the
first half of the 20th century were no exception. Nevertheless,
the Ukrainian people, in their
national, and now in the national anthem, retains the strange and romantic expression "vorozhenka"
(variation from eng. "enemy") in relation to their enemies. However, the world surrounding the
young state of Ukraine today is not so meek.
And it should be noted in this context that the change in the geopolitical and even geo-economic
landscape surrounding the modern Ukrainian state after the collapse
of the USSR and the
emergence of Ukraine as an independent state requires its national and state elite to answer one of
the key questions of national history: who or what is the enemy of Ukraine? Naturally, the
ideological provision of the foundations of national security,
among other things, is an essential
feature of the current moment.
At the same time, it should be borne in mind that modern states – world leaders and, first of all,
the United States and the United Kingdom, actively use such
a political and ideological
phenomenon as the "image of the enemy" as an important tool for mobilizing and consolidating
their societies. The practice of using the "image of the enemy" phenomenon for political purposes
is also quite common among Russian political elites. And in our time it is not surprising that
Ukraine, in its pro-Western policy and
neglect of Russian interests, and often becoming “anti-
Russia” (See also V.V. Putin “On the historical unity of Russians and Ukrainians”) was repeatedly
viewed by Russian politicians in this light both when covering the domestic agenda and in front of
the international community. This ultimately led not only to new threats to Ukraine's security, but
also to its existence as a state.
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