Volunteer Movement in Ukraine in the Situation of External Aggression

Abstract

The paper analyzes volunteering as a factor in the self-organization of society in period Joint Forces Operation, a new social need. It is proved that during the period of democratic transit the volunteer movement became a factor of civic activism. It is emphasized that volunteering has become a political institution of Ukrainian society, an element of the political system. Volunteering contributes to the transformation of civil society. Volunteering acquired the status of a political institution, due to its great importance in political life and significant activity in the political sphere; at present it belongs to social and political movements, which in a certain sense can be considered as groups of political pressure; partnership with the state in solving important matters. A weighty function of volunteering was the compensatory replacement of the state in the logistic support of the front line during the Russian aggression against Ukraine. In volunteer activities, significant financial and material resources were involved, it acquired a mobilization character. The number of volunteers and volunteer organizations has increased many times. Volunteering has become a nationwide cause. Experts in information technology, mechanics, weapons and military equipment specialists are involved in it. The motivation for volunteering has become patriotic, civil and moral.