The Russian Invasion of Ukraine in the Slovak Political Discourse

Ján LIĎÁK

https://doi.org/10.53465/JAP.2025.9788022552806.294-305

 

Abstract: This paper focuses on analyzing how the war in Ukraine is presented in political discourse after February 2022, i.e., after the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The aim is to identify the main discursive strategies of Slovak political actors. We are interested in the answer to the question of how politicians name, characterize, and evaluate the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The analysis is methodologically based on critical discourse analysis. In our research, we observe how elements of solidarity, security concerns, and national frameworks intersect in the language of the political elite. Attention is also paid to the differences between pragmatic and populist approaches to aid for Ukraine. The results show that the war in Ukraine is an issue that divides Slovak society into pro-Western and pro-Eastern camps, with the current ruling coalition representing a group of political actors with a strongly positive inclination not only towards Russia but also towards authoritarian forms of government.

Keywords: Slovakia, war, Ukraine, discourse, populism

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Language of the paper: English

Online publication date: 23 December 2025

Pages: 294 – 305

 

ISBN: 978-80-225-5280-6 (online), 978-80-225-5279-0

ISSN: 2729-8973 (online), 2729-8981

Publisher: Bratislava University of Economics and Business, Vydavateľstvo Ekonóm

 

How to cite this conference proceedings paper (APA 7^th Edition):

Liďák, J. (2025). The Russian Invasion of Ukraine in the Slovak Political Discourse. In R. Štefančík (Ed.), Jazyk a politika. Na pomedzí lingvistiky a politológie X (pp. 294–305). Vydavateľstvo Ekonóm. https://doi.org/10.53465/JAP.2025.9788022552806.294-305