The bimonthly journal, New Eastern Europe, released a new issue titled "In the Throes of Crisis” (No1 (LV), January-March 2023), featuring a thematic section called "Lessons of cybersecurity from the war in Ukraine". This section delves into various aspects of cybersecurity, with a focus on Russian activities in Ukrainian cyberspace. Dr. Dominika Dziwisz and Dr. Błażej Sajduk, who received the ID.UJ grant for the publication, invited authors from Georgia, Poland, Moldova, and the United States to contribute to the thematic section. The resulting publication features their collective work.

In their article "To war or not to war? Russia’s cyber strategies in Ukraine 2014–22”, Dr. Dominika Dziwisz and Dr. Błażej Sajduk point out that although cyberattacks in Ukraine are more sophisticated and widespread than many reports recognize, Moscow’s primary goal from the beginning was the information warfare in cyberspace. Cybertools are insufficient to capture the land but are incomparable when it comes to competition in the information sphere through which one can attempt to achieve political goals and capture the hearts and minds of people.
 

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