Legal protection of foreign investments in the conditions of introduced sanctions against aggressor countries and countries sponsoring terrorism

The article examines the issue of attracting foreign investment to Ukraine during the war, investigates and analyzes the process of attracting foreign investment. A number of negative factors that affected the process of attracting investments in the development of the economy, in particular, the development of the country and its economy under martial law, military aggression by Russia, which negatively affects potential investors, are singled out. Lack of protection and institutions guaranteeing foreign investments at the national level. Factors that create a positive image of the country and favorable conditions for attracting foreign investments are considered and analyzed. Based on the results of the analysis of official data of the State Statistics Service of Ukraine, the article provides statistical data reflecting the dynamics of investment inflows from various countries of the world into the economy of Ukraine. On the basis of the analysis of current legal acts, the competence of state authorities empowered in the field of investment management is determined, and each body separately. The conducted analysis made it possible to identify a significant shortcoming of the current legislation of Ukraine, which is manifested in the absence of a separate body of state power, empowered to manage investment activities in the form of granting permits for attracting foreign investments to objects of strategic importance for the economy, and objects objects of critical infrastructure, as well as the absence of a mechanism for supervision and control over the effective use of investment funds. The legislation of the leading countries of the world defines the procedure for rejecting foreign investments and the powers of state authorities, when the investment or actions of the investor may pose a threat to the national security of the state.