LINGUAL MEANS OF UKRAINE’S IMAGE CONSTITUENTS REPRESENTATION IN THE FOREIGN MEDIA

The ongoing war in Ukraine has placed its mark on the ample elements of people's life including the media and that is why researches nowadays pay their attention to this area.Our article aims at examining Ukraine's image and lingual units contributing to its realization on various levels of language.In this regard, foreign magazines, newspapers and speeches of world leaders as material for analysis is undoubtedly relevant.This has allowed the differentiation of lexical and syntactic means influencing the perception of journalistic material, particularly news.The image of Ukraine is of a cumulative nature as every single day the heroism of soldiers, monumental achievements of diplomats and the unity of the nation add new positive characteristics to the overall image of Ukraine in the media.The structural-semantic analysis has enabled revealing the constituents of Ukraine's image.These are as follows: Ukrainian people, Ukrainian army, President of Ukraine, foreign partners, tech experts and volunteers.Each constituent is realized with specific lingual units, both lexical-stylistic and syntactic.Simple sentences and adjectives are the main means of forming Ukraine's positive image as an indomitable and brave defender of the progressive world values.Ukrainian cities stand for the centers of Ukrainian resilience, that is expressed at the phraseological level.Comparison of Ukrainian soldiers' traits of character to the best qualities of the animal kingdom representatives is a foreign media characteristic feature.The image of Ukraine's President is mainly described with the help of nouns showing his courage, while infinitive constructions convey his leading role in countering russia's aggression against Ukraine.An integral component of the Ukraine's image in the media is international partners, whose activities contribute to strengthening Ukraine's stronghold and its positive appreciation on the world arena.This is expressed with nouns and collocations that mark values important to everyone and support for Ukraine in general.