REGULATION OF THE LEGAL STATUS AND POWERS OF THE NATIONAL GUARD OF UKRAINE DURING COMBAT OPERATIONS

Abstract

The article is devoted to the study of the features of the social status and powers of the National Guard of Ukraine 
in the conditions of the deployment of the rule of law and active hostilities associated with the aggressive aggression 
of the Russian Federation. The relevance of the study is also determined by the need for a clear delimitation of the 
functions of the National Guard of Ukraine and the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the elimination of legal conflicts and 
ensuring compliance with the norms of international humanitarian law. The object of the study is the National Guard 
of Ukraine as a subject of the security and defense sector. The subject of the study is the legal regulation of its status, 
subordination and combat use. The methodological basis of the study is a system of scientific methods such as: the 
correct-legal method, which provided the opportunity to analyze national rights; the comparative-legal method, which 
served to study the experiments of France, Italy and Turkey; a systematic approach and logical-normative analysis. 
Based on international experience, legal changes have been confirmed and established, legal regulation of the 
National Guard of Ukraine, unified command in the General Staff in wartime, harmonization of social guarantees of 
its personnel with social guarantees of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Therefore, the conclusions drawn will contribute 
to the need for a favorable legal reform to strengthen the legal framework, increase the effectiveness of the combat 
role of the National Guard of Ukraine and fulfill Ukraine’s obligations under international law.