State Awards of Ukraine in Wartime as a Factor of the National and State Consciousness Formation

Abstract

Background: In this article, the authors carried out a systematic analysis of the current state of awarding military awards and the prospects for changes in the legislation of Ukraine regarding the awarding procedure and the system of state awards. In particular, the following issues were considered: the general procedure for awarding state awards, the grounds for awarding state awards, subjects of submissions and petitions for awarding state awards, proposed anti-corruption regulations, and foreign models of awarding military awards. In addition, the article provides statistical data on persons who have been awarded the title of Hero of Ukraine for outstanding heroic deeds since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation. Comparisons with the foreign models of awarding as a state policy were made on the example of continental European states and the Anglo-Saxon legal system. Results and Conclusions: The study aims to clarify the mechanism of awarding the state awards of Ukraine and identify if it meets the main current challenges and fits with the regulation of the European standards and anti-corruption and democratic norms. In the meantime, it was found that the social security of the awarded persons is still insufficient and impacts the prestige of the military awards.