Language, history is the basis of national unity, effective weapons of information wars

Abstract

The purpose of the article is to draw attention to the importance of preserving and strengthening of the Ukrainian national idea in accordance with the analysis of a number of sources that reveal the criminal nature of the information war launched by Putin's racist regime against sovereign Ukraine. The methodological basis of the worldview system of Ukrainianism consists of a person, nation, elite, territory, state, history, language, national patriotism, peaceful coexistence with humanity, restoration of historical truth and justice; effective state counteraction to information aggression. The research methodology is based on a combination of general scientific (chronological, problem-historical, analytical, synthesis, generalization) and special-historical (historical-topological, historical-systemic) methods with the principles of historicism, objectivity, systematicity, scientificity, and verification. The scientific novelty of the work is in the fact that, using these methods, the author reveals the essence of the information war waged against Ukraine by totalitarian Russia for centuries, analyzes the forms of counteraction to the emerging threat, emphasizing the importance of Ukrainian national unity. Conclusions. The primary task for the defenders of the Motherland, fighters of the ideological front, is to instill in every Ukrainian the spirit of patriotism, a respectful attitude to the Ukrainian national idea, national unity. For this purpose, all opportunities and mechanisms of influence should be used, including: language, history, culture, ancient folk traditions, faith, conscious patriotism.