Abstract

The relevance of the study is determined by the resistance to the armed aggression of the russian federation, specifically by the security state body – the Council of National Security and Defence of Ukraine, which, to repel the enemy and liberate the occupied territories, activated its operations under the President of Ukraine as the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The purpose of this study was to investigate the characteristics of the administrative legal status of the National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine and provide proposals for improving the status, considering the martial law in Ukraine. Multi-level methods of scientific search were used, the most effective and active among which were the comparative method and methods of analysis. The author of the study summarized and confirmed the scientific originality of the subject under study, as well as outlined several gaps in the legal support of the administrative legal status of the National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine. Specifically, to establish the procedure for the work of this body, it is proposed to approve the Regulation, which currently stays relevant. The expediency of developing and approving a strategically important document in the current conditions – the concept of countering russian aggression and expansion (military and other) – is proved. The author of the study believes that the security state body of the country can initiate a strategy to protect the security of the states of the world, since Ukraine is one of the countries of the world that is currently suffering from the armed aggression of the enemy-neighbour. The practical value of this paper and the conclusions made by the author lie in particular provisions that can be used to improve the effectiveness of the state body under study, especially in conditions of martial law, namely, strengthening the state's defence capability, repelling the perfidious attack of the enemy, improving the functioning of the presidential power, as well as the executive power in general and its branches, especially in ensuring the national security of the state.