ПРОБЛЕМИ СОЦІАЛЬНОГО ЗАХИСТУ ВІЙСЬКОВОСЛУЖБОВЦІВ В УКРАЇНІ

Abstract

The article reveals the problems of social protection of military personnel in Ukraine and trends in preserving and strengthening their health. The purpose of the article is to substantiate the normative and legal support in the context of the implementation of social protection of military personnel in Ukraine. The main tasks of the research include the determination of the peculiarities of the implementation of the mechanism of social protection of military personnel and their social rights through the prism of the corresponding legal status. The guarantees of social security of servicemen provided by the following laws of Ukraine are presented: "On the Armed Forces of Ukraine", "On social and legal protection of servicemen and their family members", "On state guarantees of social security of servicemen who are released from service in connection with the reform of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and members of their families", "On pension provision of servicemen and persons of senior and rank-and-file members of internal affairs bodies". The conclusions show that the system of social guarantees and rights of servicemen is an integral component of the mechanism for ensuring the defense capability of the state, which distinguishes the possibility of ensuring an acceptable level of well-being of servicemen serving in the Armed Forces of Ukraine. It is emphasized the importance of the state’s activities, which are aimed at establishing a system of social guarantees and are regulated by current legislation, which ensure the realization of constitutional rights and freedoms, and the satisfaction of the material and spiritual needs of military personnel. At the same time, the essence of social security for servicemen lies in the peculiarities of the military industry and the content of the socially significant status of servicemen, which consists in the need to provide them with adequate social security established at the legislative level.