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A woman carries her cat out of a damaged multi-storey apartment building following a Russian missile attack on Kyiv on July 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

July 8, 2026

Russia’s nuclear strategy in Ukraine isn’t deterrence – it’s terror

Svitlana Matviyenko, Simon Fraser University

Russia’s use of the Oreshnik nuclear missile extends beyond a single weapons system — its underlying logic is to terrorize civilians, not to deter Ukrainian retaliation.

Three women displaced by the Russian invasion of Ukraine check their mobile phones at a refugee centre in Hungary. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

March 28, 2022

The Russian invasion shows how digital technologies have become involved in all aspects of war

Katharina Niemeyer, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM); Dominique Trudel, Audencia; Heidi J. S. Tworek, University of British Columbia; Maria Silina, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM), and Svitlana Matviyenko, Simon Fraser University

Internet infrastructure disruption, targeted cyberattacks and the manipulation of disinformation during the Russian invasion of Ukraine all show that warfare now includes cyberwar strategies.

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