Volunteer Battalions Research Articles

Наступствы гуманітарнай катастрофы: украінскі погляд на перспектывы ўкраінска-беларускіх адносін (па матэрыялах вуснай гісторыі)

Before the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, all sociological surveys recorded that Ukrainians showed the warmest attitude towards Belarusians. After this invasion, the intercourse became negative. The main purpose of the article was to explore the dynamics and prospects for the restoration of good-neighborly relations between these two nations. After this invasion the attitude became somewhat or completely negative. Analyzing the testimonies of refugees from Ukraine who currently live in Poland, the author identifies the main factors that have both a positive and a negative impact on further mutual understanding. Those most often identified as contributors to the resumption of dialogue include: the attempt of the Belarusian „revolution of dignity” of 2020, the presence of volunteer battalions supporting Ukraine, partisan resistance in Belarus, and the active volunteer activities of Belarusians. Equally important for Ukrainians are the political views of representatives of Belarus, their stance on the Russian-Ukrainian war, and the legitimacy of Lukashenko’s power. Despite the considerable number of unresolved issues, the prospect of restoring good neighborly relations between Ukraine and Belarus is quite promising.

The Organization of Volunteer Battalions in Ukraine

The Organization of Volunteer Battalions in Ukraine

Public Libraries of Ukraine in Terms of the Martial State: Losses and Challenges

The purpose of the article is to research and generalize the consequences of the destruction and loss of public libraries of Ukraine during the full-scale offensive of Russia on the territory of Ukraine from February 24, 2022.
 The research methodology is based on both general scientific methods - analysis, synthesis, and informative, retrospective research methods are used, which are used to monitor the state of public libraries during the Russian military aggression on the territory of Ukraine and the occupation of certain territories from February 2022.
 The scientific novelty of the study consists in the systematization of a wide range of actual material on the state of Ukrainian libraries during the Russian military aggression; for the first time, separate statistical data and informational materials on the loss and destruction of public libraries during the full-scale offensive of the Russian Federation from February 2022 were introduced into scientific circulation.
 Conclusions. Studying the consequences of the destruction and loss of public libraries since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of Russia on the territory of Ukraine, it is possible to determine the main trends:
 
 there is a reduction in the network of public libraries in all regions of Ukraine, especially in war zones;
 there are processes of destruction and damage (full or partial) of library buildings, loss of material and technical means (personal computers, duplicating equipment, multimedia equipment, furniture, etc.);
 the complete or partial loss of library funds by individual public libraries continues, especially in Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia, Mykolaiv, Donetsk and other frontline regions;
 now losses during the war are already recorded, but the determined amount of damage to public libraries is quite approximate, it will increase with the continuation of the war;
 regardless of the difficult situation in the conditions of martial law and the continuation of armed aggression, public libraries mobilized all available resources to carry out volunteer, social, psychological and informational activities.
 
 Given that libraries play a significant role in preserving national interests, the problem of protecting library funds in wartime is an important component of the Ukrainian state's cultural policy. The Ministry of Culture and Information Policy must now, without waiting for the end of the war, to develop, together with other state structures, proposals for the restoration of damaged library buildings, the preservation of existing and the creation of new funds. The main tasks of librarians should also be to preserve for future generations the memory of the heroic struggle of Ukrainians for their state during the armed Russian aggression, the systematization of documentary evidence about the combat path of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, volunteer battalions, the activities of the territorial defense, volunteers, and the facts of the crimes of the Russian aggressors during the temporary occupation of certain regions of Ukraine.

The legal foundation for the participation of citizens in the territorial defense of Ukraine

The article analyzes the legal foundation for the participation of citizens in the territorial defense of Ukraine and volunteer formations of the territorial communities during armed aggression. The concepts of territorial defense, resistance movement and national resistance are considered.
 The purpose of national resistance is understood as increasing the defense capability of the state, giving the defense of Ukraine a comprehensive character, and helping to ensure the readiness of Ukrainian citizens for national resistance.
 It has been systematized the information on the status of the territorial defense of Ukraine at the end of February 2022 and it was identified the problematic issues that the territorial communities faced in the process of organizing resistance forces in the subordinate territories during the full-scale armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine.
 There are some problems that the communities faced in organizing resistance forces on their territories at the beginning of the war. Among them there were singled out: the lack of coordination of the activities of volunteer battalions, military administrations and law enforcement agencies; problems of identifying certain groups of the population as volunteer formations; lack of proper financial and logistical support for territorial defense units of the Armed Forces and volunteer formations.
 It has been analyzed the main components of the territorial defense, including military, civil and military-civilian. The features of the creation of volunteer formations and territorial communities and the procedure for their recruitment are considered, as well the requirements of volunteers under the legislation of Ukraine.
 It is noted that the basis of volunteer formations of territorial communities should be the citizens of Ukraine who have completed military service in the Armed Forces of Ukraine or the service of other military formations and law enforcement agencies.
 It has also been defined the rules in accordance with which the citizens can participate in repelling and deterring the armed aggression of the Russian Federation and other states, including the rules that regulate the procedure for purchasing the firearms and the ammunition for it, as well as the procedure for its use in a military conflict.

Effects of posttraumatic stress and combat losses on the combatants’ resilience

Objectives. At the beginning of the War in Eastern Ukraine, military personnel of the Armed Forces, National Guard of Ukraine (NGU), and soldiers of volunteer battalions, who had no combat experience for the first time faced the death of their comrades. This study aims to determine the effects of posttraumatic stress and combat losses on the mental health of combatants and to develop the typology of their resilience to extreme events.Sample and settings. N = 117 NGU male officers (76% of contract military members and 24% of officers) participated in the study. These combatants were withdrawn from the combat zone in June 2014 due to combat losses and the death of the unit commander.Hypothesis. After participating in hostilities, military personnel developed different types of personality resilience to the effects of traumatic stress.Statistical analyses. The participants’ typification of resilience and adaptation to extreme events was determined by hierarchical cluster analysis. The differences between groups in mean values were determined using Student’s t-test.Results. Four types of personality resilience to combat stressors were identified: “Those who predicted danger” (68.38%), “Those who were open to danger” (21.37%), “Those who identified themself with the role of the victim” (6.83%), and “Those who hid their fear” (3.42%). The results showed that self-identification of a personality with symptoms of acute stress disorder affects the features of the implementation of the anxiety buffer role.Limitations. The conclusions on the anxiety buffer role in the formation of PTSD require clarification and further studies.

Territorial defense forces in hybrid warfare in the light of experience of the conflict in Ukraine

One of the experiences of the initial stages of the development of the eastern Ukraine conflict was the decision of the authorities in Kyiv to establish the so-called volunteer battalions (BTRO) and, among them, the territorial defense battalions. This article presents synthetically the tasks set for the above military formations. The authors consider which of the BTRO designed capabilities can be useful and effective against an aggressor using hybrid combat methods. They refer primarily to the course of events taking place during the conflict in Eastern Ukraine and the annexation of the Crimean Peninsula. The authors discuss the capabilities of territorial defense subunits of the Armed Forces of Ukraine that can effectively defend against hybrid warfare. While looking to answer the question presented, materials and articles on current Russian war preparation and warfare concepts were analyzed. Attention was primarily paid to their practical application during the ongoing conflict in eastern Ukraine and the annexation of Crimea. Subsequently, documents and publications related to the creation and tasks posed to the Territorial Defense Battalions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were examined. Assumptions concerning their organization and functioning were considered in the context of achieving the designed operational capabilities. The summary presents the conclusions of the compilation of the above work. They concern particularly the concept of territorial application of the discussed military formations, the possibility of their establishing cooperation with regular subunits of the Armed Forces to supplement their ability to perform tasks, as well as issues related to cooperation with local authorities and communities.

Atlantic Transformations: Empire, Politics, and Slavery during the Nineteenth Century

Atlantic Transformations: Empire, Politics, and Slavery during the Nineteenth Century

ПРАВОВИЙ ФЕНОМЕН ДОБРОВОЛЬЧОГО РУХУ В УКРАЇНІ ЯК РЕАКЦІЯ САМОЗАХИСТУ ГРОМАДЯНСЬКОГОСУСПІЛЬСТВАВ 2014 РОЦІ

The article examines the military-historical aspect of the emergence and legal phenomenon of the revival of the volunteer movement in Ukraine, as a response and self-defense against Russian aggression in eastern Ukraine. The legal aspect of legality of formation and activity of public paramilitary formations is considered. The stages of creation of the most famous and effective volunteer battalions, their participation in repelling Russian aggression have been studied. It is proved that the formation of volunteer battalions in Ukraine in 2014 was not only extremely necessary, but also completely legal, although it did not fully comply with the legal field. The authors note that the battalions, at the most critical time for the state, saved Ukraine from the occupation of its southeastern territories by regular Russian troops. It is noted that Ukraine desperately needs a legislative settlement of the armed resistance to the aggressor, following the example of the Republic of Lithuania. According to the authors, the development of discussions on the legality of the establishment of "welfare" is an attempt to split Ukrainian society in order to significantly weaken Ukraine's national security. Emphasis is placed on the danger of manipulation by certain political forces on the issue of adaptation to the peaceful life of anti-terrorist operation participants and their use as a protest electorate.

Civic education as a factor in overcoming absenteeism in Ukraine

This publication examines the features of the manifestations of political absenteeism and public activism in Ukrainian society. The phenomenon, causes of political absenteeism and its impact on the socio-political life in Ukraine are studied, as well as the ways to reduce absenteeism tendencies in our society are identified. Particular attention is placed on the spread of political absenteeism among young people and other age groups, which led to low turnout in the presidential and parliamentary elections in 2019 and the lowest turnout for the entire history of Ukraine in local elections in October 2020. It is shown that the introduction of foreign experience in overcoming of political absenteeism will allow to identify effective ways to reduce this phenomenon in Ukrainian society. The authors also study the phenomenon of public activism. It is noted that it gained special momentum during the Euromaidan, when political activity of citizens increased sharply against the background of total corruption in all branches of government, accompanied by a backdown from European integration course, the collapse of the army against the background of strengthening law enforcement agencies. The occupation of Crimea and Russian aggression in eastern Ukraine led to the development of volunteer battalions and volunteer movements. The authors note that in recent years the activity of citizens has focused primarily on solving pressing problems of local importance, in particular on combating illegal construction, protecting entrepreneurs from the arbitrariness of local authorities. To support the development of civic activism in Ukraine, different educational projects, online courses, trainings etc were organized. The state of public activism in Ukraine is analyzed, in particular - at the local level, aimed at establishing a real civil society, strengthening the influence of local communities to solve local problems, offers ways to improve the political culture of citizens.

SOCIO-PSYCHOLOGICAL PECULIARITIES OF VOLUNTEER-PARTICIPANTS OF ARMED CONFLICT

The article presents the results of an empirical investigation of personal peculiarities of randomized groups of military personnel of volunteer battalions, mobilized servicemen and personnel, depending on the freedom of choice of risk.
 The methodological basis of the study was the scientific positions and conclusions of the natural–scientific theory concerning the regularities of higher nervous activity developed by V.M. Bekhterev, M.E.Vvedensky, I.I. Pavlov, I.M. Sechenov etc., ideas and provisions concerning psychological theory of personality (B.G. Ananiev, K.K. Platonov, S.L. Rubinstein, etc.), psychological theory of activity (O.M. Leontiev, B.F. Lomov, S.D. Maksimenko, D.N. Uznadze, etc.), practical psychology and psycho diagnostics (L.F. Burlachuk, K.M. Gurevich, V.S. Kompanets, R. Lazarus, M.D. Levitov, N.I. Nayenko, G. Selye, S.I. Yakovenko, etc.), psycho corrections (P.K. Anokhin, O.A. Konopkin, K.Rudestam, O.V. Timchenko, Ye.M. Potapchuk), theoretical and practical provisions of human psychology (A. Maslow, K. Rogers, etc.), as well as theoretical principles of management of personality development in a social environment (A.F. Bondarenko, T.S.Yatsenko).
 To solve the problems posed in the research, the author was selected and a number of techniques were used that included the following methods: adapted versions of tests for MMPL 16 PF (FOO), multi-level test questionnaire "Adaptability", questionnaire of general health, (GHQ-28), Personal Health Questionnaire by G. Eysenck (EPI), the method of diagnostics of character logical features G. Shmyshek - K. Leonhard, patoharakterologicheskii questionnaire A.E. Lichko, the pollster of traumatic stress under the editorship I.O. Kotenko, T. Liri (interpersonal relations), a modified social-psychological questionnaire (Joint Study Project 1993) - a "questionnaire of dangers" and socio-psychological and sociometric methods that allow to evaluate interpersonal relationships, standardized interviews, individual psycho diagnostic conversation, observation, analysis of independent characteristics. 
 Excel 2010 spreadsheets (MS Windows) have been used as a database structure. The statistical analysis is carried out in the program Statistica 10.0 (Stat Soft) with the help of parametric and nonparametric criteria.
 The hypothesis of the study is to assume that excessively reinforced individual personality traits will most clearly be manifested by the freedom of choice of a soldier of risk and have different dynamics and mechanisms for responding to specific psychogenic influences of armed conflict.
 The use of adequate psychological aids to personality disorders will significantly affect the reduction of anxiety, frustration, aggressiveness on the results of professional activity and health of the staff of the armed forces.

The organization of volunteer battalions in Ukraine

The organization of volunteer battalions in Ukraine

Interview with Military Chaplain Maksim Strikhar, Conducted in Kyiv, Ukraine, 7 February 2019 (UKR)

Maksim Strikhar, born in 1967 in Kyiv, is a priest of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine and the abbot of the parish of St. George the Victorious in Kiev. Strikhar was educated at the Collegium of Patriarch Mstyslav and was consecrated in 2007. As a military chaplain he worked with the soldiers of the Right Sector Ukrainian Volunteer Corps, the Dnipro-1, Lugansk, Aidar, and Donbas volunteer battalions, the Kyiv Regiment, the 128th Independent Mountain Assault Transcarpathian Brigade, the 93rd Cold Yar Independent Mechanized Brigade, and the 53rd Independent Mechanized Brigade.

Interview with Military Chaplain Rostislav Visochan, Conducted in Kyiv, Ukraine, 15 November 2018 (UKR)

Rostislav Visochan was born in 1984 in Novy Rozdol, in the Lviv region. He studied at Lviv Theological Seminary, the Ukrainian Catholic University, and the Catholic University of Leuven in Belgium and was ordained in 2012. As a military chaplain he worked with soldiers from various military units, including the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the Ukrainian National Guard, the Ukrainian State Border Guard Service, volunteer battalions of the Ukrainian Volunteer Army and the Ukrainian Volunteer Corps. Visochan is the head of the Section for Chaplaincy in the Armed Forces of Ukraine at the Department of Military Chaplaincy of the Patriarchal Curia of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church.

A Conventional War: Escalation in the War in Donbas, Ukraine

ABSTRACT The War in Donbas was in its early phases largely fought between non-state volunteer battalions and separatist forces. Yet unlike the expected theories of non-state actors, the war witnessed limited and symmetrical acts of escalation and rather conventional warfare. Building on primary Ukrainian sources, I argue that this limited escalation stems in part from shared cultural and military norms — a common normative framework — possessed by the belligerents. The contribution of this article is an empirical chronology of the War in Donbas, as well as a discussion of the influence of culture and norms in escalatory dynamics and use of force.

Добровольці на обороні Маріуполя: бойові дії в секторі «М» у вересні 2014 року і участь в них українських добровольчих формувань

The article examines the course of hostilities in Sector "M" in September 2014, as well as the participation of Ukrainian volunteer formations in them. The source base of the study is based on analytical materials of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, publications organized with the assistance of the Communications Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, memoirs of participants and unregulated documentation of volunteer battalions. The aim of the publication is to to find out the role of Ukrainian volunteer formations in hostilities in Sector M in early September 2014. To achieve this goal, the article examines the sources that cover this topic, identifies the list of Ukrainian volunteer formations stationed at the time in Sector "M", and the nature of their participation in military operations. The research methodology involves the application of the principles of historicism, the usage of studying whole historical sources and being objective. Descriptive method, methods of classification and systematization as well as methods of analysis and synthesis have been used. The scientific novelty is caused by unexplored topics within academic science. It’s the first scientific review of hostilities on the Azov coast in the first days of autumn 2014. The prospects of further research is that by studying the course of hostilities in this strategically important section of the front, it is possible to analyze in more detail the military-political events of the period under study as a whole. The conclusions of the study are to determine the key role of Ukrainian volunteer formations (primarily the Azov Battalion and the Cossack unit in the border detachment (Т.Shevchenko’s Kyiv cossack regiment), as well as volunteer battalions "Shakhtarsk" and "Slobozhanshchina" and some crews of the Dnipro-1 battalion) in the defense of Mariupol on September 4-5, 2014. Given the strategic importance of the Azov section of the front, it is possible to state the significant contribution of volunteer formations to the military-political events of autumn 2014 in general.

National security of independent Ukraine: comprehension of the essence

An important component of the state-building process in Ukraine is the government’s activities to ensure national security, which is an attribute of independence. The ruling political forces in Ukraine have created the necessary legal framework for national security (parliamentary resolutions, laws, decrees of the head of state). The process of ensuring the national security of Ukraine should be divided into stages: 1991−2014 (imitation) and after 2014 (essential). The peculiarities of the first stage were the wide involvement of Soviet approaches in the formation of the institutional basis for ensuring national security, the imitation of the defense activity of legitimate armed formations, and the development of the military organization of the state. It was considered that the proper level of military security of Ukraine is evidence of national security in general. At the beginning of 2014, the system of ensuring Ukraine's national security on the basis of imitation collapsed, which failed to counteract Russia's aggressive plans. Seeking to hinder the will of the Ukrainian people for a European future, Russia occupied part of Ukraine’s territory − the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol, and unleashed military aggression in eastern Ukraine. The beginning of the essential stage of ensuring the national security of Ukraine is connected with the initiative involvement of civil society in the implementation of security and defense tasks. Evidence of this were: the rapid organization of the emergence of volunteer battalions and their practical application in eastern Ukraine; active formation of local self-defense forces; powerful volunteer movement; deployment of information resistance structures to the enemy’s propaganda influences; implementation of the values of patriotism in the spiritual and cultural life of the population, etc. The violent reaction of civil society to the threats and dangers that threaten the very existence of an independent and sovereign Ukraine has become a social reality. In Ukraine, there has been a fundamental shift in emphasis in the understanding of national security. The main subject of its ensuring is the security and defense sector, which combines state authorities, state armed formations and civil society structures interested in solving security and defense tasks. In Ukraine, which seeks to become democratic, security activities have been de-ethicized, which is not the case in authoritarian countries. If earlier national security was interpreted as a state of protection of national interests, now (at the request of civil society) − as a state of protection of national interests and values. The theory and practice of creating national security of Ukraine are developing dynamically. The subject of scientific research and public discussions are methodological, institutional, public administration, social compensation aspects of national security and defense. It is a matter of practical implementation of their results with the leading participation of constitutional state structures. Key words: national security, state-building, legal framework on national security, military organization of the state, security and defense sector, civil society, security, danger.

Деякі соціально-демографічні та медико-анамнестичні особливості ветеранів з ПТСР та ЧМТ

Objective. Veterans' mental health has been the subject of extensive research in many parts of the world. Particular attention is paid to PTSD, including in combination with trauma. Such comorbid conditions have a significant negative psychosocial impact, reducing the possibility of successful adaptation and resocialization of veterans. Certain features of socio-demographic and medical-anamnestic characteristics of veterans with PTSD, comorbid with TBI, as well as their problematic perception of certain areas of their lives may affect the formation of mental disorders, the course, and prognosis, success of therapy and rehabilitation, as well as recovery and quality of life. Thus, there is a need to study the characteristics of socio-demographic and medical-anamnestic characteristics of veterans with PTSD, especially in combination with CHD, to optimize pharmacological treatment and psychosocial therapy. Purpose: to investigate the socio-demographic, medical, and anamnestic characteristics of veterans with PTSD and CHD. Methods and materials. 329 combatants (members of the Armed Forces, the National Guard, and volunteer battalions) in Eastern Ukraine who suffered from PTSD and LCHMT were examined. The socio-demographic and medical-anamnestic examination was performed using the Unified map of patient research developed by us. Results. Analysis of the socio-demographic characteristics of patients with PTSD and TBI shows that about a third of those surveyed gained primary adult life experience in a military conflict. Stay in the combat zone affected the work history: before entering the service in the ATO, most of the surveyed persons worked full time in the civilian sphere, and after being in the ATO, these figures decreased by more than 3 times due to redistribution in the category of those who continued to serve. The large number of people who continued to serve despite receiving PTSD, TBI, or a combination of these can be partly explained by the desire to maintain fraternal unity as a surrogate family. Most of the subjects were premorbidly psychosomatically healthy despite periodic alcohol consumption; somatic vulnerability was unique to TBI individuals. Conclusions. The socio-demographic, medical, and anamnestic features of veterans with PTSD and LCHMT identified by us were further used to form targets for psychosocial therapy and optimize pharmacological treatment.

MODELS OF STATE THREAT RESPONSE SOCIAL AND POLITICAL STABILITY IN UKRAINE

MODELS OF STATE THREAT RESPONSE SOCIAL AND POLITICAL STABILITY IN UKRAINE

ДЕЯКІ РЕКОМЕНДАЦІЇ ЩОДО МЕДИКО-ПСИХОЛОГІЧНОЇ ПОСТ-ІЗОЛЯЦІЙНОЇ ДОПОМОГИ ТА ПІДТРИМКИ ВІЙСЬКОВОСЛУЖБОВЦІВ, ЯКІ ПЕРЕЖИЛИ ПІД ЧАС ПОЛОНУ КАТУВАННЯ

The issue of medical-psychological assistance and support to individuals, that have been imprisoned and/ortortured is an up-to-date issue for many countries in the world. In accordance with the data provided by AmnestyInternational people are undergoing torture and cruel treatment at least in 140 countries of the world.In 2014 this issue has become extremely urgent, due to the fact that the armed conflict within a country alwaysnegatively influences the adherence of human rights. The definition of captivity has been actualized in 2014, in thecourse of the Maidan protests and received its continuity as a result of the situation that occurred in Crimea andthe East of the Luhansk and Donetsk regions. Tortures and cruel treatment are prohibited by international law.There’s an international consensus with regard to the fact that such abuses violate the dignity of a human beingand cannot be justified by any circumstances. But, most unfortunately the realities of today and the conduct ofcombat activities in the East of Ukraine force us to make conclusions about the non-adherence of the aggressorstateto the Geneva conventions and the humane treatment of prisoners of war. Thus, the attention of scientistshas been directed solely at solving these issues and providing certain recommendation concerning the medicalpsychologicalpost-isolation assistance and support to military personnel, who have endured torture in captivity.The material of the article is based on conducted empirical research and the experience of providing psychologicalassistance to the prisoners of war in the course of the post-isolation period.The overall amount of prisoners of war that have participated in the research are 694, who have beendeliberated from captivity in the course of the years 2015-2019. From the general amount of people under research(n=694), 643 individuals (92,7%) – are military men of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and 51 individual (7,3%) – arethe combatants of volunteer battalions (representatives of volunteer battalions).The articles presents the peculiarities of psychological work with former prisoners, the peculiarities of everystage of providing psychological assistance to military men has been scrutinized. There’s also the presentedanalyses of negative psychological implications of being held in captivity, among which the sense of guilt andshame, the control of ones’ emotions, avoiding communication and isolation, misfortunes in terms of marriage andfamily relations, aggressive reactions and the yearning for vengeance.

VOLUNTEER MOVEMENT DURING ANTI-TERRORIST OPERATION IN UKRAINE

The article deals with the volunteer movement in Ukraine during anti-terrorist operation of 2015-2016 years. It is emphasized that volunteer movement appears in cases when the state and existing institutions are not able to execute their certain tasks in full measure. It is shown that voluteers of ATO appeared when State authority displayed unsufficient ability to provide anti-terrorist operation on material and financial levels etc. The main reasons of why this movement appeared are noted. The reasons of the volunteer movement have been revealed: the breakdown of Military Forces of Ukraine in the beginning of 2014, lack of supply of clothes, food, personal protective equipment, medicines, transport and other resources for the army; elimination of logistic system of the supply for the military units and volunteer battalions. Activities of individual volunteer foundations and civil society organizations have been analyzed: the direct military aid; medical assistance to injured people and military hospitals in which injured militaries are being cured; material, psychological support and humanitarian aid for those who has been temporarily displaced, such as search for accomodation and work, adaptation in new society etc.; the use of such means as collecting money and other things, delivery of items collected in the military units to their place of deployment, to hospitals, to the families of servicemen; technical aid (repair, improvement, armouring of military equipment and the establishment of protection equipment and personnel of the Military Forces of Ukraine.Conclusions are drawn that this article will contribute to attracting attention to volunteer movements which are necessary in Ukraine at the modern stage of its development. The purpose of this article is scientifically grounded for the following research of not only volunteer activity, but also for new research of improvement of military equipment, fitting out with uniform etc.