ORGANIZATION OF ACTIVITY OF THE INTERIOR TROOPS OF THE MINISTRY OF INTERIOR OF UKRAINE (1991-2014)
The article examines the problems of the formation and development of the interior troops in the structure of the Ministry of Interior of Ukraine in the period from 1991 till 2014. The author characterizes in detail the peculiarities of the combat activity of this military unit with law enforcement functions, describes its basic tasks and functions at different stages of the formation of the Ukrainian statehood and law-enforcement system. Historical and legal excursus allowed the author to identify the premises and to reveal the causes of the transformation of this law enforcement body into a military unit used in the “anti-terrorist operation” in the south-east of Ukraine and in special operations against oppositional forces and civil rights activists.