UKRAINIAN LEGISLATION ON THE STATUS AND FUNCTIONS OF LANGUAGES IN THE YEARS OF FULL‑SCALE RUSSIAN WAR

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The article is devoted to the study of legislative and normative legal acts that regulate the use of languages during the years of the full-scale Russian war against Ukraine. The purpose of the article is to study the attitude of society to various aspects of the functioning of languages and to highlight the legislative initiatives taken by the authorities in relation to the mood of society. The analysis is based on the theoretical provisions of sociolinguistic and political science works by B. Azhniuk, L. Andrienko, V. Kulyk, H. Matsyuk, M. Moser, S. Sokolova and others on the relationship between language policy, language situation, language legislation and society. The source base consists of sociological surveys and legislative and regulatory acts of Ukraine (37 items), which illustrate the legislative dimension of the status and functions of languages during the full-scale invasion. The units of analysis are more than 130 metalinguistic textual indicators that reflect information from sources about the status and functions of languages. Qualitative methods of analysis are used, including contextual, comparative, discourse and elements of statistical analysis. The article describes for the first time the connection between the moods of Ukrainian society regarding the functions and status of languages based on sociological surveys conducted in 2022-2024 and the legislative actions of the authorities in the areas of state language-identity, state language-normative use of names of public space, state language-minority (community) languages, state language-English, state language-multiple citizenship. The author emphasizes the role of the draft law on correcting the translation of the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages, which will regulate the functions of threatened languages in Ukraine. The results of the study show that during a full-scale war, there is legislative support for the Ukrainian language as the only state language and language of interethnic communication, a new formula for languages of national minorities (communities) has emerged, English has received the status of a language of international communication, and the state language plays a role in multiple citizenship. The novelties of the laws considered in relation to languages ensure not only civil peace and national harmony as domestic political security, but also emphasize the cultural separateness of Ukrainians as foreign policy security. That is, attention to the legislative dimension of the status and functions of languages allows the state to strengthen its national security during the years of full-scale war. Key words: sociolinguistics, language legislation, language situation, interlingual interaction, bilingualism, state language, national security.