Dr. Serhii HAKMAN*

Abstract. The article studies the Russian-Ukrainian current confrontation. The author analyzes the provisions of the 1994 Budapest Memorandum, basic documents of the international law and the bilateral Russian-Ukrainian agreements violated by the Russian Federation towards Ukraine. Components and features of asymmetric (hybrid) was against Ukraine were analyzed.

Key words: Crimea, Ukraine, Russian Black Sea Fleet, international law, territorial integrity, Donbass, inviolability of borders