Definition and confirmation concept of urbicide

The article analyzes the concept of urbicide, the need to define this concept in legal norms, the connection between urbicide and genocide and ecocide. The increasing relevance of urbicide research is determined by the threat of damage or destruction of the city in order to influence the public activity of the population. After or alongside the commission of urbicide, other serious crimes are committed. The purpose of the study is to define the concept and orientation of urbicide, establish the need to introduce the concept of urbicide into international law, study the purpose of committing urbicide, the connection between urbicide with genocide and ecocide, and determine the beginning of the crime. Philosophical method, cognitive method, legal method, system analysis, comparative jurisprudence, and historical method are used to study the concept and impact of urbicide. It was concluded that the commission of urbicide has a negative effect on the civilian population of the state. The need to study all aspects of the introduction of criminal responsibility for the commission of urbicide is explained by the growing practice of committing the specified act during the war in Ukraine. Paying attention to the correct definition of urbicide is determined by the need to prevent the commission of urbicide. Manifestations of urbicide over time acquire severe manifestations, as a result of which the civilian population leaves for other states and does not always return, there is a significant negative impact on the civilian population, cities, and environmental safety in the state. It is difficult to fully determine the negative impact of urbicide even when conducting research, it is difficult to analyze the recovery of the city and establish the ability to renew the previous infrastructure to ensure normal living of the civilian population. Taking into account the continuation of the war, it is impossible even to predict what period will be needed for the reconstruction of the city after the urbicide and how long the threat of the next urbicide will remain in the state.