MILITARY PROPERTY AS AN OBJECT OF ADMINISTRATIVE-LEGAL RELATIONS IN UKRAINE

Abstract

The article is devoted to the doctrinal and legal analysis of military property as an object of administrative and legal relations in Ukraine, taking into account the contemporary conditions of martial law and the transformation of the security and defense sector. The relevance of the study is determined by the increasing role of public administration in managing state property involved in ensuring national defense, as well as by the absence of a unified administrative-law approach to defining military property beyond the traditional institutional framework of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The purpose of the article is to substantiate a comprehensive administrative-law understanding of military property, to clarify its legal nature and essential features, and to identify the specifics of its functioning within the system of administrative and legal relations. The research focuses on military property as a category of public property that acquires a special legal regime due to its functional connection with defense needs and the exercise of public authority. The article analyzes the provisions of Ukrainian legislation governing the legal regime of military property, as well as doctrinal approaches developed in administrative and military law. The author substantiates the position that military property should not be reduced exclusively to property assigned to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Instead, it is proposed to define military property as state-owned movable and immovable property, as well as property rights, which are assigned or involved in the functioning of the defense forces of Ukraine and are used to ensure national security and defense, thereby forming a specific object of administrative and legal regulation. Such an approach reflects modern organizational models of the defense sector and corresponds to the realities of interagency interaction under martial law. The article emphasizes that military property participates in administrative and legal relations characterized by a public-law nature, the presence of authoritative powers, special procedural forms, and enhanced legal protection. It is concluded that clarifying the administrative-law concept of military property is essential for improving legal certainty, ensuring the effectiveness of public administration, preventing abuses, and strengthening accountability in the defense sector.