1. Semena M. Crimean Report. Chronicles of the occupation of Crimea (2014–2016). Kyiv: Mega-press group, 2018. 320 p.; pictures.
At the end of 2017, with the support of the Ministry of Information Policy of Ukraine, a book of materials by a well-known Crimean journalist, author of “Radio Svoboda” and “Krym.Realii” Mykola Semena, “Crimean Report. Chronicles of the occupation of Crimea in 2014-2016 ". A few months earlier, the journalist had been illegally sentenced in the Russian-occupied Crimea to 2.5 years probation with a probationary period and a ban on engaging in public activities for 2 years.
A year later, at the end of 2018, the publication was published in English. This book is a collection of materials published on the resource “Krym.Realii” during 2014-2016, including an article for which Mykola Semena was illegally convicted. The idea to translate the book into English arose during the presentation of the Russian-language edition, to distribute it to all embassies of countries with which Ukraine has diplomatic relations, so that the world could learn about the occupation of Crimea and its consequences.
Mykola Semena, a publicist and analyst, has been involved in Ukrainian journalism for over 50 years. He worked in the media of Chernihiv, Zaporizhzhia regions, in Crimea; published articles in “Izvestia”, “Dzerkalo Tyzhnya”, “Den” etc .; author of the book “Mustafa Dzhemilev: The Man Who Defeated Stalinism” (2010).
The spiritual leader of the Crimean Tatar people, the People’s Deputy of Ukraine Mustafa Dzhemilev, who wrote the preface to the publication "Crimean report. Chronicles of the occupation of Crimea in 2014-2016 ", called Mykola Semena a man who "saves the honor of Crimea in a difficult period, the honor of his country".
The book consists of 10 chapters, in which more than 300 articles are grouped by subject. The content of these articles is a comprehensive report directly from the scene, which took place during the first two years of the annexation of Crimea and was missed due to the author's own perception. The publication is presented as popular science, as it has qualities that convince the truthfulness of the information: a systematic and comprehensive analysis of all spheres of life in Crimea over the years (from politics and education to health and information).
2. Lazarovych M “Souls and bodies we'll lay down, all for our freedom” Ukrainian Fight Ukraine in the fight against the armed aggression of the Russian Federation (2014-2020). Kyiv: AVIAZ PH, 2020. 452 p.; illustrated.
Professor Mykola Lazarovych's scientific publication is devoted to the Russian-Ukrainian war, which has been going on in Ukraine since 2014.
Mykola Lazarovych - Ukrainian historian, Doctor of Political Sciences, Professor, Director of the Center for Information Analytics of Ternopil National Economic University, Honored Educator of Ukraine. In 2015–2016, he was a volunteer in the Russian-Ukrainian war, a senior sergeant, a platoon commander of one of the units of the 14th separate mechanized brigade, and a participant in hostilities. Author of about 500 scientific and educational works, including 30 monographs, textbooks and manuals on the history of Ukraine, economic history, political management.
The book “Souls and bodies we'll lay down, all for our freedom…” was published with the support of the Ministry of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine in Ukrainian, Russian and English. It contains interviews, memoirs and stories of participants of the modern war in eastern Ukraine, a brief chronological overview of the events of 2014-2020 in the war zone. The publication is accompanied by extensive scientific commentaries, page-by-page references to sources and a final list of references.
The monograph identifies the main causes and preconditions of the war, ideological principles and the course of hostilities. The main stages of Russia's forced annexation of Crimea, its occupation of certain districts of Donetsk and Luhansk regions, and the mass invasion of Ukraine by regular Russian troops are traced. The essence of Russia's hybrid war against Ukraine, types and methods of its implementation are analyzed. Considerable attention is paid to the processes of revival of the Ukrainian army, its victories and defeats, the role of the volunteer movement in strengthening the defense capabilities of our country. The peculiarities and tendencies of the reaction of the international community to the violation of the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine are generalized, the nature of the policy of sanctions against the Russian Federation is clarified. The conclusion is substantiated that the Russian aggression against Ukraine became possible not only due to the creation of a de facto Nazi regime in Russia led by Vladimir Putin, but also due to the overwhelming support of his actions by the vast majority of Russian citizens. Preliminary consequences and lessons of the Russian-Ukrainian war are established.
3. Yakubova L. “Eurasian fault. Ukraine in the age of hybrid challenges”. Kyiv: Clio PH LLC, 2019. 392 p.
As a result of the aggression of the Russian Federation, which took advantage of the most acute political crisis in recent history to activate its neo-imperial project, Ukraine's state sovereignty in Crimea, parts of Donetsk and Luhansk regions has been violated since 2014. projects. In the context of the Russian-Ukrainian hybrid war, which has lasted more than six years and has become the longest armed conflict in Europe since World War II, a dramatic challenge has been posed to Ukraine’s geopolitical subjectivity and its very existence.
The Ukrainian crisis has become a powerful lever for the transformation of the modern world, even though most geopolitical heavyweights still perceive it with a great deal of skepticism and, in the case of Russia, do not hide their superiority and prejudice as something accidental, inferior, temporary. The Eurasian geopolitical space is in the process of large-scale transformation, which will radically change all participants.
Larysa Yakubova’s (Doctor of Historical Sciences, Leading Research Fellow of the Institute of History of Ukraine of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Corresponding Member of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine) monograph reveals the content and methods of reconceptualizing Ukraine's internal and external tasks. Crimea and "Novorossiya" to Russia. According to the historian, Russia's claims to these territories are caused by the lack of relevant Ukrainian historiographical studies that would provide answers to painful questions: is Crimea really Ukrainian? What role did Russia play in the history of Crimea? whether the claims of the Crimean Tatars to national and cultural autonomy are justified etc.
Popular science publication "Eurasian Fault. Ukraine in the Age of Hybrid Challenges ”is accompanied by scientific commentaries and page-by-page references to sources, and also has a nominal index. L. Yakubova's monograph does not prove that "Crimea and Occupied territories are Ukraine" – it is enshrined in a number of basic international agreements and acts certified at the highest level by the world community, but offers a modern understanding of the Crimean issue and the problems of Ukrainian Donbass, their place in modern processes. Ukrainian nation-building, which can become the basis of national reconciliation and strengthening the integration power of the modern Ukrainian project.