POLISH MILITARY-TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO UKRAINE DURING THE FULL-SCALE RUSSIAN-UKRAINIAN WAR

The purpose of the research is to study the nature and features of general military-technical assistance to Ukraine from the Republic of Poland during the full-scale phase of Russian aggression. The noted problems were only fragmentarily the subject of scientific reflections and require a comprehensive interdisciplinary analysis. The research methodology is based on the principles of scientificity, historicism, systematicity, multifactoriality, objectivity, as well as the use of a comparative approach. In the course of scientific research, the analysis of the problem was carried out with the help of general scientific methods of analysis and synthesis, as well as special methods-historical, historical-comparative, statistical. The scientific novelty lies in the renewed focus on the issues and an attempt at a comprehensive analysis of Polish military-technical assistance to Ukraine during the full-scale Russian-Ukrainian war. Conclusions. The Russian-Ukrainian armed conflict in 2014–2025 has been going on for more than eleven years. It is one of the bloodiest in the last 200 years, and in terms of casualties, it is ahead of the typical modern war. From February 24, 2022, the Russian hybrid aggression turned into a full-scale war phase. Ukraine’s active and successful resistance to the unprovoked Russian attack caused a complex anti-Kremlin reaction all over the world. More than 140 UN member states voted for the General Assembly resolution, which condemned Russia’s aggression and demanded the immediate withdrawal of troops and the restoration of Ukraine’s territorial integrity and sovereignty within the internationally recognized borders of 1991. Poland provided powerful political, humanitarian, economic, financial and military-technical assistance to Ukraine. The level of military aid during the full-scale war covered significant areas of the supply of weapons, ammunition, and equipment for more than four billion euros. Ukraine received almost 400 tanks, several dozen combat planes and helicopters, hundreds of artillery and anti-aircraft installations, as well as machine guns, shells, and medical supplies. Poland plays a major role in supplying Western weapons and military equipment to Ukraine through its territory, repairing damaged equipment at Polish military and defense enterprises. On July 8, 2024, Poland signed an Agreement on Cooperation in the Security Sector with Ukraine, which provides for significant military support and assistance to Ukraine. Military aid to Ukraine from Poland and other partner states made it possible to stop Russian aggression and continue the struggle for the restoration of Ukraine’s full sovereignty. The current and unfinished nature of the Russian-Ukrainian war, the need to take into account the critical importance of military aid for Ukraine, as well as the analysis of its military-technical and military-political influence on the course of the war determine the prospects for further research in the context of the problem.