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Social and Healthcare Impacts of the Russian-Led Hybrid War in Ukraine – A Conflict With Unique Global Consequences

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Khorram-Manesh, Amir, Goniewicz, Krzysztof, Burkle, Frederick M.·2023·Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness
DOI 10.1017/dmp.2023.91
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Russia’s fear of Ukraine becoming a member of the European Union and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization catalyzed the current conflict in Ukraine. The invasion also alarmed other countries, such as Finland and Sweden, who have themselves considered a formal partnership with NATO. Russia’s actions to date have created massive instability and political tensions that uniquely influence the health and socio-political life of civilians in Ukraine and the entire region. The direct and indirect threats of war “gone regional,” “global”, or “nuclear” have energized these countries and their historical alliances to reassess their own socio-political, environmental, and health-care consequences. All countries of the region have clear histories of forced occupation and decades of threats resulting from World War II and its aftermath. The purpose of this rapid communication is 2-fold. First, it discusses the socio-political and health-care consequences of the ongoing Ukrainian conflict in Finland, Russia, Sweden, Poland, and Ukraine. Second, it clarifies the most essential elements of the Hybrid War which cause uniquely distinctive violations of humanitarian laws, treaties, and conventions.

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  • Hybrid warfare targets the disruption of essential infrastructure, including law enforcement agencies, healthcare systems, food security, transportation networks, the economy, and other sectors vital to the functioning of the state.

    “The article emphasizes that hybrid warfare targets the disruption of essential infrastructure, including law enforcement agencies, healthcare systems, food security, transportation networks, the economy, and other sectors vital to the functioning of the state.”

    From Hybrid Warfare and Customs Security: Strengthening Resilience for Sustainable Development (2025) · cites this paper as Khorram-Manesh et al., 2023

    The Socio-political impacts section says hybrid warfare aims to paralyze critical societal infrastructure, including health-care systems, food security, transportation networks, and economies. It names “legal ... systems,” however, not law enforcement agencies specifically; that narrower part of the claim is not established by our copy. (LLM, conf=0.85)

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  • The strategic orientation of hybrid warfare centers on the destabilization and paralysis of critical societal infrastructure components, including legal institutions, healthcare systems, food security mechanisms, transportation networks, economic structures, and other essential domains that constitute state resilience.

    “The strategic orientation of hybrid warfare centers on the destabilization and paralysis of critical societal infrastructure components, including legal institutions, healthcare systems, food security mechanisms, transportation networks, economic structures, and other essential domains that constitute state resilience.”

    From Hybrid Warfare and Customs Security: Strengthening Resilience for Sustainable Development (2025) · cites this paper as Khorram-Manesh et al., 2023

  • The proliferation of fabricated news content and propaganda narratives impedes international institutions' capacity to document international humanitarian law violations and Geneva Conventions infractions.

    “Specifically, the proliferation of fabricated news content and propaganda narratives impedes international institutions' capacity to document int ernational humanitarian law violations and Geneva Conventions infractions.”

    From Hybrid Warfare and Customs Security: Strengthening Resilience for Sustainable Development (2025) · cites this paper as Khorram-Manesh et al., 2023

  • A distinctive characteristic of hybrid warfare involves the systematic implementation of disinformation, manipulation, and deception across political, social, and military spheres.

    “A distinctive characteristic of hybrid warfare involves the systematic implementation of disinformation, manipulation, and deception across political, social, and military spheres.”

    From Hybrid Warfare and Customs Security: Strengthening Resilience for Sustainable Development (2025) · cites this paper as Khorram-Manesh et al., 2023

  • The systematic application of psychological pressure methodologies, including intimidation and coercive threats, aims to intensify fear and disorder among occupied territories' populations, consequently undermining collective morale, exacerbating societal hostilities, and diminishing civil resistance capabilities.

    “Furthermore, the systematic application of psychological pressure methodologies, including intimidation and coercive threats, aims to intensify fear and disorder among occupied terr itories' populations, consequently undermining collective morale, exacerbating societal hostilities, and diminishing civil resistance capabilities (Khorram-Manesh et al., 2023).”

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Metadata

Authors
Khorram-Manesh, A., Goniewicz, K., & Burkle, F. M.
Affiliations
  • Polish Air Force Academy (PL)
  • Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (US)
ORCID
Venue
Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Published
2023
Volume
17
Pages
e432-e432
ISSN
  • 1935-7893 (ISSN-L)
  • 1938-744X
DOI
10.1017/dmp.2023.91
OpenAlex
W4384922724
Cited by
36
References
1
Citations by year
2026: 3 · 2025: 12 · 2024: 16 · 2023: 5
FWCI
12.82
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
Locations
  • Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Health and Conflict Studies
  • Social Sciences › Education › Ukraine: War, Education, Health
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law › Environmental and Biological Research in Conflict Zones
Keywords
Russian invasion of Ukraine, hybrid warfare, international humanitarian law violations, socio-political consequences, NATO enlargement, war trauma, regional security, nuclear threat
MeSH terms
Communication, Ethnicity, European Union, Humans, Russia, Ukraine

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