THE ADMINISTRATIVE AND LEGAL STATUS OF А VOLUNTEER DURING MARTIAL LAW IN UKRAINE

Abstract

The article is a study of the administrative and legal status of a volunteer during the period of martial law in Ukraine. In particular, it was found that the beginning of the Russian-Ukrainian war became a kind of basis for the social upliftment of the population of Ukraine. A feature of the volunteer movement during the events of the Revolution of Dignity and the beginning of the Russian-Ukrainian war, was the self-organization of a certain part of the population, the main purpose of which was to help the participants of the Revolution of Dignity, the military, and volunteers. Volunteer activity is a voluntary, socially oriented, non-profit activity carried out by volunteers through the provision of volunteer assistance. It was determined that an important legal aspect of volunteering is that volunteering generates trust in the population. Thus, it helps the state to perform the functions assigned to it. It is worth noting that the main motivation of volunteers is based precisely on the fact that they feel a civic duty to their own people, the soldiers, in addition, they feel a moral duty to people who are directly involved in hostilities. Volunteer activity in Ukraine is regulated by the Law of Ukraine "On Volunteer Activity". It is summarized that today, in the conditions of a full-scale war launched by the Russian Federation against Ukraine, volunteers make every effort to help those citizens who need it. The main principles of volunteer activity are legality, humanity, equality, voluntariness, non-payment, and non-profit. We can claim that to date, volunteers have replaced some state structures. They become a kind of influential force with which certain state structures should be reckoned. Despite this, in modern realities there are minor problems that have arisen between volunteers, state authorities and society, which in particular relate to communication, mutual cooperation and the formation of further strategy. The experience of volunteers and their activities is quite valuable and important in the formation of state policy in areas related to national security, humanitarian and social security, etc.