PECULIARITIES OF COMBATANTS’ SOCIAL PROTECTION IN UKRAINE

Abstract

The article states that the purpose of combatants’ social protection is to provide them with the necessary resources and services for adaptive and successful integration into civil society. Attention was drawn to the fact that the feature of combatants’ social protection is the ability to meet their social needs. The peculiarities of combatants’ social protection in Ukraine are outlined: an extensive system of normative and legal support, which includes both general legislation on social security of citizens, and special legislation which directly concerns combatants; the special legal status of the participants in hostilities as subjects and the specific subject composition of legal relations that arise during this process; specific elemental structure of combatants’ social protection; coverage of virtually all spheres of social life; connection with the process of reforming the state system of social protection for combatants. The benefits that combatants have the right to use in various spheres of life are indicated. The social component of the system of combatants’ social protection includes: a unified system of accounting for services received by combatants; supporting their physical and mental health; adaptation to civilian life; integration into society, family, community, work teams; support for persons with disabilities as a result of the war, family members of fallen (deceased) Defenders of Ukraine; provision of housing, etc. Problematic aspects in the field of combatants’ social protection that require additional study and improvement are considered: social and psychological rehabilitation of combatants; issues related to missing persons and prisoners of war – participants in hostilities; acquisition of housing by the participants of hostilities by investing in housing construction facilities; improving the quality of providing social services, improving the legal framework in the field of combatants’ social protection in accordance with their needs, state and international standards.