FORMATION OF NATIONAL PATRIOTIC CONSCIOUSNESS IN THE CONDITIONS OF FULLSCALE WAR AS A FACTOR OF THE UNITY OF UKRAINIAN SOCIETY

The article analyzes the process of formation and development of national-patriotic education in Ukraine and its role in consolidation of Ukrainian society in terms of a full-scale Russian-Ukrainian War. The following general scientific methods were used during the studies: analysis, synthesis, deduction, induction and generalization. There can be also highlighted the principles and following aspects of patriotic education: social, educational, protective and cultural. Modern Ukrainian society needs consolidation, in particular through the national-patriotic education, as it has not yet encountered such a threat to national security and sovereignty as is currently represented by armed Russian aggression. The authors substantiate the need for such education and provide certain recommendations regarding its effective development. The practical significance of the received scientific results is that they can be used for the development of educational initiatives and civil development programs by authorized institutions in order to raise the level of national consciousness of society.