The author analyzes the understanding of the paradigm of nonlinearity in modern conditions in comparison with the linear vision of the world, shows the main components of the advantages of the nonlinear approach in armed conflicts, and substantiates the connection of the nonlinear approach to warfare with the victories of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (hereinafter - AFU) over the aggressor's troops in the context of the full-scale war of the Russian Federation (hereinafter - RF) against Ukraine
paradigm, nonlinearity, linearity, strategy, war, aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine
Received 01.07.2022, Revised 31.10.2022, Accepted 21.11.2022
Retrieved from Volume 15, No. 2, 2022
https://doi.org/10.23939/dg2022.02.109
Pages 109-119
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