THE CURRENT STATE OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND SPORTS IN UKRAINE IN THE CONTEXT OF RUSSIA’S MILITARY AGGRESSION

Abstract

Challenging issues issues in physical education and sports in the context of military aggression are identified, as follows: 1) impossibility of holding public physical training and recreational activities, including online, in the regions located in the combat zone; 2) the implementation of key program documents in the field of physical culture and sports has been suspended; the tasks of the Action Plan on the implementation of the first stage of the Strategy for the development of physical culture and sports for the period up to 2028 cannot be fulfilled; the implementation of the tasks set out in the Regulations on the social project “Active Parks – Locations for Healthy Ukraine” has been partially suspended. The author analyzes losses incurred in the field of physical education and sports, including the loss of human resources, forced migration of athletes, disruption of the training process, and complete destruction or significant damage to sports infrastructure. The problems of Olympic and non-Olympic sports and parasports are specified. The author characterizes the areas of cooperation with international sports organizations to prevent russian and belarusian athletes and officials from participating in international competitions and international sports federations.