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The Ethnology Notebooks. 2024. № 6 (180), 1702—1720

UDK [355.211:343.343.5](477)”2022/2024″

DOI https://doi.org/10.15407/

«EVADERS» AS A PHENOMENON IN THE RUSSIAN-UKRAINIAN WAR: TYPOLOGY, RESPONSIBILITY, SOCIAL REACTION

KILAR Anastasia

  • ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3360-513X
  • Junior research associate,
  • The Institute of Ethnology
  • of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (NASU),
  • The department of historical ethnology,
  • 15, Svobody Avenue, 79000, Lviv, Ukraine,
  • Contacts: e-mail: anastasiakilar@gmail.com

Abstract. The article highlights the social phenomenon of «evasion» during the Russian-Ukrainian war, in the period of full-scale invasion from February 24, 2022. The typology is considered, a comparison of the terms «evasive» — «refusal» — «SZCH-eshnyk» — deserter.

The purpose of the article is to define «evasion» as a phenomenon in the Russian-Ukrainian war, to identify the main problems of this phenomenon and its perception by society and Ukrainian soldiers.

 The object of the study is an «evader», a refuser, a renegade, a deserter. The subject of the study is the peculiarities of everyday life and the origin of these phenomena in Ukrainian society.

The topicality of the topic is determined by the lack of general studies devoted to this issue. The research methodology is based on a complex system-historical approach and methods: scientific analysis, analytical interpretation of the obtained results.

The source base consists of interviews, media material, regulatory and legal documents.

The result of the article is the definition of the concepts of «evasion», separation and comparison with the terms «refusal», «SZCH-eshnyk», deserter; coverage of these phenomena in the context of Russia’s information war against Ukraine and an attempt to understand approaches to solving these problems by Ukrainian society during the Russian-Ukrainian war.

Keywords: Russian-Ukrainian war, evader, refuser, arbitrary abandonment of a military unit, deserter, fear, soldiers, Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Received 26.09.2024

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