Genre-stylish Features of Reports on Military Issues (on Materials of the Collection "Veni. Vidi. Scripsi. War. Life de Facto")

The article is devoted to consideration of reports on military issues in сollection «Veni. Vidi. Scripsi. War. Life de facto».

Since 2014 Russian-Ukrainian war has been continuing in Ukraine, or ATO, or measures aimed at ensuring national security and defense, suppression and rebuff of Russian military (armed) aggression in Donetsk and Luhansk districts, as it is called officially now. To inform wide layers of society about actions, which take place in a conflict zone, journalists often address to reportage genre, which, due to its efficiency, documentary character, emotional expressivity, vivid reflection, is one of the most popular genres for describing military actions in Donbas. This makes our research relevant.

The goal of our research is to give comprehensive and detailed analysis of genre and style peculiarities of reports on military topics in the collection “Veni. Vidi. Scripsi. War. Life de Facto”; to characterize the specificity of self-expression of the author of publication.

In accordance with the purpose of our studies, the research process required application of such methods: general scientific methods of material collecting and systematizing were used in the process of choosing samples from a large number of texts, which were needed for our research, setting principal tasks which were solved while the problem was being considered. For scientific understanding of historiography and source base of the study comparative analysis and a bibliographic descriptive method were used. For the collection of primary empirical data, we used observation method.

Special attention is paid to the characteristic features of the report on military issues (efficiency, dynamic effect, clarity, sense of presence) that help readers see and feel the situation together with the reporter.

The author concludes that, in connection with the continuation of the military conflict in the East of the country, reports on military issues more and more often appear on the pages of periodicals and are effective, as they combine the benefits of rapid information transfer with the author's way of displaying them.