KEPENTINGAN NASIONAL RUSIA TERHADAP OPERASI MILITER KE UKRAINA TAHUN 2022

This article aims to look at Russia’s national interest that have been obtained from military operations to Ukraine in 2022. Russia’s attack on Ukraine in one of the actions based on protecting Russia’s national interest from threats posed by Ukraine. The national interest in Russia’s struggle through military action resulted in the fall of cities in Ukraine to Russia. This article uses the theory of national interest which refers to realism thinking. This research method is explanatory and uses literature studies in collecting data including theses, journals, books, and also article. From this research it can be concluded that Russia has a basis in military operations against Ukraine. The basis is Russia’s national interest which consist of economic, social and security aspects.