RELEVANCE OF COUNTERING THE NEGATIVE INFORMATION AND PSYCHOLOGICAL IMPACT ON THE PERSONNEL OF A STATE BORDER GUARD AGENCY IN WARTIME

Abstract

Based on the analysis of the events taking place in Ukraine, during which the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine performs the task of repulsing and deterring the armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine, the authors suggest that the personnel is subjected to information and psychological influences that form a certain information and psychological situation in the field of the state border security. The article substantiates the relevance of countering the negative information and psychological impact on the personnel of a state border guard agency in wartime. Information and psychological influences and military theoretical approaches to characterising their essence have been studied. The unreasonable nature of the information and psychological aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine has been emphasised. The necessity of improving the system of ensuring the national security of Ukraine, taking into account the specificity of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine, has been revealed. The problematic issues of information and psychological protection of national interests at the state border have been analysed.