Abstract

In recent decades, the doctrine of national security has become one of the most important and topical issues of jurisprudence, as national security is the basis of democracy, civil society development and the welfare of the state. The modern world strives for the development of democratic principles, the introduction of effective legal mechanisms for the protection of human rights and freedoms, the observance of state sovereignty and state borders. In this perspective, ensuring national security is a key aspect of the activity of both the state and the entire civilized world in general. This study was directed to the analysis and comprehensive disclosure of the theoretical and legal foundations of ensuring national security in Ukraine, which is especially important in the conditions of armed aggression of the Russian Federation. The methodological basis of the article is the dialectical method of scientific knowledge, the comparative legal method and the method of analysis, with the help of which a theoretical study of the problems of ensuring the national security of Ukraine was carried out. The study argued that violation of state borders and encroachment on national security is a violation of international humanitarian law, which leads to armed aggression, which, in turn, leads to the death of the civilian population, destruction of the state economy, aggravation of international politics, etc. To date, Ukraine has suffered a violation of its national security caused by armed aggression on the part of the Russian Federation. Given this negative factor, the article pays attention to the modern realities of ensuring the national security of Ukraine in the conditions of armed aggression by the Russian Federation. In their study, the authors came to the conclusion that ensuring the national security of each state should be based on a strategy adopted by the government, the implementation of which should be carried out by special state authorities in this area, taking into account the balance of interests of citizens and the state.