INVESTMENTS IN THE SYSTEM OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC SECURITY FACTORS AND RECOVERY OF THE UKRAINE REGION ECONOMIES

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Abstract. The article is devoted to the regional peculiarities of the investment activity in Ukraine as a factor of social and economic security in martial law conditions and in the reconstruction period. The article aims to determine the features of the investment potential of Ukraine regions based on indicators of investment activity in the pre-war period, as well as the need to restore and develop the socio-economic infrastructure that was destroyed during Russian aggression. In preparing the article, methods of desk research, analysis, synthesis, and comparison, statistical methods of dynamic analysis, multidimensional ranking, and integral evaluations were used. Information sources for the investment activity assessment in Ukraine are systematized, considering the regional context and restrictions on disseminating data in wartime conditions. The main sources for statistical analysis of investment activity in Ukraine are state statistical surveys in the form of reporting and questionnaires of enterprises conducted by the State Statistics Service of Ukraine and the National Bank of Ukraine. Additional data producers on Ukraine’s investment climate are state and non-state analytical centers and other institutions, including the Ukrainian Business Association. An analysis of investment activity in the regions of Ukraine in the pre-war period was carried out based on indicators of capital and direct investments. Conclusions are formulated regarding the features of the regional distribution of investment potential indicators, considering the destruction of the socio-economic infrastructure in connection with Russian aggression. Critically important for the socio-economic security of Ukraine is the preservation of the investment potential of the regions that form the country’s industrial potential and can ensure the modernization of the real sector of the country’s economy. To develop regional programs for the recovery of Ukraine and attract investments for their implementation, creating an aggregated database on the scale of destruction and other material damage caused to each region of Ukraine in connection with Russian aggression is of great importance. Keywords: investments, investment activity, socio-economic security, regions of Ukraine, economic recovery, indicators of investment activity