APPROACHES TO THE TERRITORIAL COMMUNITIES’ TYPIFICATION OF UKRAINE AS A RESULT OF THE RUSSIAN MILITARY AGGRESSION

Abstract

The temporary occupation of the Ukrainian territories since 2014 and the large-scale military invasion of Ukraine in 2022 have led to numerous direct and indirect crimes against Ukrainian society: (1) demographic losses and forced migrations, deterioration of the demographic structure; (2) political, socio-economic, informational, cultural violence in the occupied territories; (3) egregious human rights violations, changes in collective experience and collective psycho-emotional trauma. However, the war also has global impacts in terms of changes in the living space: physical destruction of settlements and infrastructure, militarisation and deliberate destruction of natural systems, loss of biodiversity and species extinction in the long term. The aim of this study is to outline methodological approaches to typification territorial communities of Ukraine in the context of a large-scale military invasion. Based on this, it will be possible to more clearly define the priority measures for post-war reconstruction and spatial development of Ukraine, its individual regions and settlements, while following environmental and European integration imperatives and ensuring the preservation of cultural heritage. The article presents the conceptualisation of the issue, discusses the problems of applying the proposed approach in the dimensions of the extension of widespread hostilities, as well as the conclusions and challenges for the implementation of typification in spatial planning systems at the local, regional and national levels.