Legal support of state security in the border areas of Ukraine by law enforcement agencies

The article is devoted to the legal provision of state security in the border areas of Ukraine by law enforcement agencies and the features of protecting law and order, the rights and freedoms of citizens from possible violations and the creation of favorable conditions in the border area of the state and human life and the principles of existence in the environment. The protection of the state border is contained in the general provisions of legislative acts on these issues, namely: the Law of Ukraine «On the State Border of Ukraine» and «The State Border Service of Ukraine». Without diminishing the importance of scientific achievements, it should be noted the need for a comprehensive scientific study of the issues of legal provision of state security in the border areas of Ukraine by law enforcement agencies, taking into account modern challenges and threats to the national security of the state, and protection from internal and external threats. The analysis of the legislative and regulatory legal provisions for the security of the state border of Ukraine allowed us to establish that, upon gaining state independence, the new Ukrainian state directed its efforts to resolve the issue of the common state border with neighboring states on the basis of established principles of international law. It was found that over the years of independence, Ukraine has taken a number of significant steps towards the legislative and regulatory legal settlement of issues of the security of the state border along its entire length, in particular, the first national legislative acts on the state border of Ukraine were the following: Declaration on the State Sovereignty of Ukraine, adopted by the Verkhovna Rada of the Ukrainian SSR on July 16, 1990. the declaration determined that: “The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine proclaims the state sovereignty of Ukraine as the supremacy, independence, completeness and indivisibility of the power of the republic within its territory and independence and equality in foreign relations”, the Law of Ukraine “On the State Border of Ukraine” of November 4, 1991, in the provisions of which the concept of the state border of Ukraine is defined as “… a line and a vertical surface passing along this line, which determine the boundaries of the territory of Ukraine - land, waters, subsoil and air of the new space”. And the resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine “On the Border Regime” of July 27, 1998.