title: Constitutional and legal principles of the organization and functioning of the system of entities ensuring the national security and defense of Ukraine
abstract: The aggressive policy of the Russian Federation against Ukraine, resulting in the annexation of the Crimea peninsula, further aggression in eastern Ukraine in certain areas of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, and widescale invasion into Ukraine after 24.02.2022, has left no questions about the relevance of the field of national security and defense in Ukraine. In turn, Ukraine, as a legal democratic state, can implement measures for national security and defense only in accordance with legal pro
journal: The Journal of V N Karazin Kharkiv National University Series Law