The Volunteer Movement in Ukraine and Germany in the Late 20th and Early 21st Centuries: Comparative Analysis

The full-scale invasion of Russian troops into Ukraine in 2022 and the temporary occupation of a part of its territory made the issue of developing means of overcoming large-scale humanitarian disasters and ensuring the stability and security of the population of the European continent relevant for the world public. The authors of the proposed study consider the volunteer movement as a powerful tool of self-organization of society, capable of strengthening state structures in order to overcome crisis phenomena in the areas of ensuring the country’s defence capability, health protection of its population, and providing humanitarian aid to migrants.