The COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020, and the subsequent full-scale invasion of Ukraine by Russia on February 24, 2022, have led to a change in the lives of the entire country and caused a devastating blow to the Ukrainian economy. The war has had a significant impact on small and medium-sized businesses, which are currently in the most difficult conditions due to the inability to fully carry out their activities due to significant damage, losses, etc., as they are the least protected link in the market. The forced cessation of activities of small and medium-sized enterprises has led to negative, destructive consequences, which have provoked mass bankruptcies, a rapid increase in unemployment, an increase in the level of losses, which, in turn, has led to a decrease in budget revenues at all levels, a decrease in investment processes, etc. Therefore, at present, ensuring proper legal regulation of small and medium-sized businesses in a state of war is becoming even more relevant, as business activity is becoming the basis for the formation of national defense interests

. This is why there is a need to study small and medium-sized businesses in a state of war through the prism of organizational and legal analysis.

This article examines small and medium-sized businesses in Ukraine in a state of war through organizational and legal analysis.

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