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This study analyses the Eastern Ukraine and the Crimean crises that resulted with de facto boundaries of Ukraine in 2014-2015, from the perspective of Hybrid warfare that implemented by the Russian Federation (Russia). In order to understand the historical aspect of the cases, the causes and historical roots of the difference between Western and Eastern Ukraine has been emphasized by referring the identity of Ukraine. In order to prevent a possible confusion, all the other related concepts which share the method base with hybrid warfare concept, has also been explained. The causes and conditions that generated the hybrid warfare capability which assumed to be possessed by Russia, who is the executor of the Crimea and Donbas cases, have explored. With that aim, the security structure and the security concept which evolved to hybrid warfare capability of the Russia who inherited an obsolete and bulky armed forces from USSR, has discussed in the progress. This study aims to define the Russian interpretation of hybrid warfare in Crimean and Donbas Crises and explore the way of implementation in the Ukrainian battlefield within the context of historical and conceptual aspect as a case study. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]