CURRENT ISSUES OF THE PAYMENT OF ONE-TIME CASH AID TO MILITARY SERVICEMEN AND MEMBERS OF THEIR FAMILIES UNDER THE CONDITIONS OF MARTIAL STATE

Introduction. Protection of Ukraine is a constitutional duty of every citizen. In turn, one of the main responsibilities of the state during martial law is to protect the rights of those who defend Ukraine, giving their health and lives. The current experience of the world's leading countries confirms the importance of ensuring full and comprehensive protection of rights and freedoms, as well as their restoration in cases of violations for persons in military service. Therefore, the reform of the defence sphere and the need to really guarantee the rights and freedoms of Ukrainian servicemen require the creation of new organizational mechanisms. Ukraine protects not only its statehood, but also the existence of its citizens. It is in these difficult times that the creation of a perfect administrative and legal mechanism for the comprehensive protection of social rights and guarantees of military personnel and their family members is an urgent task for Ukraine. The process of transformation of the administrative and legal mechanism of the state must take place in order to ensure its defence capability. The beginning of such a process should take place through the creation of new approaches and mechanisms for the state to fulfil its obligations to protect the social rights of military personnel and their family members. The transformation of the administrative and legal provision of the rights of servicemen and their family members should cover all spheres of the country's life. One of the guarantees of the state is the payment of one-time cash assistance to military personnel and their family members. The mechanism of this payment is complex and imperfect, sometimes in such a way that it does not correspond to the interests of military personnel. In some cases, servicemen and members of their families may be deprived of the opportunity to receive one-time monetary assistance without legal protection. Considering the fact that the family members of a serviceman may receive such assistance in the event of his death, additional psychological or physical burdens on the family of a serviceman are unacceptable. A military serviceman, devoting his health or life to the defense of the state, must be sure that the state will properly take care of his family. Digitization of the processes of obtaining information, collecting documents, eliminating unnecessary “paperwork” and artificial complications, organizing interaction between state bodies regarding information exchange should create conditions for improving and modernizing the implementation of the rights of servicemen and their family members to receive one-time cash assistance. The creation of a fair, simple and understandable mechanism for the appointment and payment of one-time monetary assistance to military personnel and their family members is an urgent issue today and one of the main responsibilities of the state in the conditions of martial law