COUNTERTERRORISM AS A COMPONENT PART OF EXTERNAL FUNCTIONS: COMPARATIVE LEGAL ANALYSIS OF UKRAINE AND HUNGARY

Abstract

Countering terrorism is an extremely relevant security policy of our time. Terrorism gained international importance after the Second World War, especially in the second half of the 20th century. Terrorist activity has become more brutal, synchronized, and sophisticated. Today, terrorism is understood as a socially dangerous activity, which lies in the deliberate, purposeful use of violence by taking hostages, arson, murder, torture, intimidation of the population and authorities or committing other attacks on the life or health of innocent people or threatening to commit criminal acts with the aim of achievement of criminal goals. To prevent the spread of terrorism on the territory of Ukraine, an anti-terrorist operation was announced, which meant a complex of coordinated special measures aimed at preventing and stopping the terrorist activities, releasing hostages, ensuring public safety, neutralizing terrorists, minimizing the consequences of terrorist activities, where over a significant period of time Ukrainians felt its full significance in practice. An analysis of today’s events shows that the aggressive plans of the aggressor country are №t abating and are becoming more and more obvious. A significant number of civilians suffer from this every day. In practice, Russia made Ukraine and the whole world aware of the meaning of a terrorist state, as a state that openly, using its own armed forces, other armed formations or covertly, using armed formations acting on behalf and (or) in the interests of such a state, commits terrorist acts, acts of international terrorism. In general, the field of combating terrorism on the territory of Ukraine is still an under-researched topic that is only gaining momentum. In a comparative aspect, the fight against terrorism is not a novelty for Hungary, because being a country of the European Union, it, like any other member of it, unequivocally opposes violence. However, its position on the war in Ukraine is №t always clearly defined and consistent. This article, based on a comparative legal analysis of Ukraine and Hungary, makes an attempt to supplement the scientific circulation with certain aspects of combating terrorism as a component of the external functions of the state.