MILITARY-TECHNICAL COOPERATION OF UKRAINE AS A FACTOR IN COUNTERING RUSSIA'S ARMED AGGRESSION

Abstract

The article is devoted to the problems of legal regulation of military-
technical cooperation, which is a significant factor in ensuring repulsion of the
armed aggression of the Russian Federation. The author analyses the scientific
works whose authors have studied the peculiarities of military-technical
cooperation in general and in the context of Russia's armed aggression in the field
of public administration, economics and law. The author's own definition of the
essence of military-technical cooperation is formulated, and its features are
determined.
The author comes to the conclusion that there is a need to form a solid legal
basis for military-technical cooperation in all elements of its components, taking
into account its form and content, in particular in the context of armed conflict.
The author analyses the legal nature of military-technical cooperation as a
structural element of the national security mechanism, and details its place in the
content of military security.
The author analyses the legal framework that substantiates the form,
content and directions of military-technical cooperation in peacetime and armed
conflict. Legislation defining the legal regime of military-technical cooperation is
structured, highlighting the fundamental provisions of the constitutional and conceptual levels, where the latter is regulated by the Law of Ukraine ‘On National
Security of Ukraine’ and special legislation in the field of defence policy
implementation. The legal mechanism for regulating relations in the sphere of
ensuring national security components is systematic and structured through the
development of relevant strategic regulatory acts of a forward-looking nature,
with special attention paid to the Strategy for the Development of the Defence
Industry of Ukraine and the Strategic Defence Bulletin of Ukraine.
The author proposes to amend the current legislation to improve the
mechanism of legal regulation of military-technical cooperation, in particular in
the context of armed conflict, and to strengthen intellectual property rights in
respect of the results of creative and intellectual activity created within such
activities.