Economic security of Ukrainian regions: pre-war and war periods
Economic security of Ukrainian regions: pre-war and war periods

Summary/Abstract: Background and Objective: The relevance of the research lies in the need to in ensuring the economic security of the regions of Ukraine in the pre-war and war periods. Martial law conditions have a negative impact on the state of economic security at different levels of governance: micro, meso and macro levels and limits the processes of ensuring national competitiveness. The purpose of the study is to assess the trends in ensuring the economic security of the regions of the State in the pre-war and wartime periods.Study Design/Materials and Methods: In the process of research, we used general scientific and special methods: methods of analysis and synthesis, methods of structuring and generalization, methods of factual analysis, methods of system-functional approach, methods of comparison, method of systematization. In the process of research, we used the concepts and theories of economic security were also used, which made it possible to identify the levels of its provision: danger, risk, safety, challenge. The structural components of the economic security of the country’s regions are studied: production security, innovation security, investment security, financial security, foreign economic security, and social security. The quantitative boundaries of assigning a region to one of the economic security zones are presented: danger, risk, security, challenge. An analysis of industrial security is carried out, which shows that most regions of the nation were in a state of security during the analysed period. In terms of innovation security, all regions of the nation were in a state of danger.Results: It is found that most of the nation’s regions were at risk in terms of investment, financial and foreign economic security, and in terms of social security- in a state of danger. A comprehensive assessment and grouping of the regions of Ukraine by the level of economic security is carried out. The economic security of the country’s regions was diagnosed,which allowed for the identification of strengths and weaknesses, as well as opportunities andthreats from the external environment in order to ensure security.Practical implications: A comparison of the security status of the regions of Ukraine inthe pre-war and war periods is carried out. It is established that in wartime, no region of thenation is in a state of security. A significant number of the regions in wartime are in a state ofdanger, and another group of regions is at risk.Conclusion and summary: It is concluded that this situation causes an imbalance of thenational security of the country as a whole, negatively affecting its competitiveness and thesafe living conditions of the population.

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