A multi-domain operation – a modern view at the forms and methods of military operations adapting to the environment of challenges and threats transformation

Abstract

Relevance of the article is due to the fact that Ukraine is currently faced with an operational response to hybrid threats from russia problem of, that include not only military aspects, but cyber security, information warfare, disinformation, non-military measures and other nontraditional methods of warfare also. One of the modern approaches to adopt the forms and methods of Defense Forces (Armed Forces) of Ukraine application of the to the conditions of the developmentof crisis situations of a military nature the transition to planning and conducting multi-domain operations, i.e. the simultaneous combination of actions in several spaces (domains) at once may be considered. The use of multi-domain operations technology is considered one of the ways to counter the enemy's hybrid threats effectively today. Therefore, the main goal of the article is to reveal the theoretical and practical essence of planning and conducting multi-domain operations, as well as the peculiarities of their organization and implementation. The main methods of research are methods of analysis and synthesis, deduction and induction. The main results of the article are what is defined in it: key features of a multi-domain space military operations conducting; basic aspects of planning and carrying out multi-domain operations; main measures for the preparation and implementation of multi-domain operations; modern features of the transformation and prospects for adapting the forms and methods of military operations conducting by the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the multi-domain space. The materials of the article can be useful to the leaders of the Armed Forces of Ukraine at the operational and strategic levels, as well as to scientists and researchers in the barnches of research on issues related to the Armed Forces of Ukraine use and ensuring the military (national) security of the State.