Current issues of legal regulation of financial relations under the conditions of martial state in Ukraine

Abstract

The article clarifies the issue of legal regulation of financial relations during martial law in Ukraine. Changes in the powers of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, the Minister of Finance of Ukraine, the State Treasury Service of Ukraine, the National Bank of Ukraine, the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, military administrations, and local bodies during this period were considered. It is justified that the purpose of making changes to the budget legislation is primarily to ensure: priority financing of security and defense expenditures, their increase and redistribution between budgets; formation of the reserve fund of the State Budget of Ukraine; treasury service of funds of local budgets of settlements located in territories where martial law has been imposed, and managers (recipients) of budget funds who may be in settlements in temporarily uncontrolled territory. It is concluded that changes in the legal regulation of banking and currency relations contributed to: ensuring the convenience, speed and availability of financial services; the creation of the Power Banking network and the introduction of ATM national roaming for uninterrupted operation of the banking system, including in blackout conditions; weakening of the negative impact of uncontrolled devaluation, deficit of foreign exchange receipts on the foreign exchange market; ensuring exchange rate stability of the hryvnia; maintaining the stability of the banking system of Ukraine during this period.