Functional Features of Onomastic Units in the Military Discourse of the Donbass Conflict

The article explores the modalities and features of onomastic units in media coverage Eastern Ukraine military conflict Donetsk Luhansk regions. Based on large empirical data printed online publications Russian Ukrainian reporting hostilities Donbass extensively for several years, author has collected, classified, analyzed corpus discourse. These include place names, such as People’s Republic (DPR), (LPR), Luganda, Donbabwe, Debaltsevo pocket, Ilovaysk ORDLO (“separate districts regions”), Novorossiya, “Odessa Khatyn,” well nicknames field commanders that have become deeply associated with — Motorola, Bes, Givi. study examines functional aspects proper names usage media, their role shaping a general picture armed readers. A special emphasis is made weight (militaronyms, toponyms, anthroponyms) constructive elements discourse Ukraine. In this regard, presented analysis its results can contribute to further studies related conflicts various etiologies intensities.