APPLICATION OF THE STATE LANGUAGE IN THE DEPARTMENT OF THE STATE PROTECTION OF UKRAINE

Introduction. In the system of ensuring national security, the Department of the State Protection of Ukraine occupies a special place, and the promotion of the Ukrainian language as the state, single language and ensuring its full functioning and application in the activities of the Department of the State Protection of Ukraine is of exceptional importance for the national interests of Ukraine, especially in the context of the criminal Russian-Ukrainian war. The issue concerning the Ukrainian language is not just a question of language or a legal issue, but a question of national security. The Ukrainian language has been oppressed and banned over the past 400s, and Russia has contributed most of all to this. Purpose. The purpose of the article is to formulate scientifically substantiated proposals for the Law of Ukraine “On State Protection of State Authorities of Ukraine and Officials”, taking into account the issues of protection and control over the use of the Ukrainian language as the state language in the activities of the Department of the State Protection of Ukraine in the context of national security of Ukraine. Materials and methods. The research materials are: 1) literature related to state protection in Ukraine, as well as the scope of application and protection of the Ukrainian language as a state language; 2) The Constitution of Ukraine, decisions of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine, and laws of Ukraine. Results. It is justified that the Law of Ukraine “On National Security of Ukraine” dated 21.06.2018 No. 2469-VIII (as amended) should consider the following aspect: “A threat to the Ukrainian language is equivalent to a threat to the national security of Ukraine, the existence of the Ukrainian nation and its state” (Decision of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine dated 14.07.2021 No. 1-р/2021).