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22 FINANCE AND BANKING; TAXATION, ACCOUNTING AND AUDITING UDC 336.131 Radionov Yurii Denysovych Doctor of Science (Econ.) Senior Researcher Fellow Financial, Credit and Tax Policy Department of NATIONAL SCIENTIFIC CENTRE «Institute of agrarian economics» 10, Geroiv Oborony Str., Kyiv, 03127, Ukraine ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1691-1090 Reseacher ID http://www.researcherid.com/rid/AAV-3875-2020 STATE FINANCIAL POLICY IN ENSURING SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT Abstract. The article examines the role of state financial policy in ensuring the sustainable dynamics of the country's social development. It is established that an important theoretical, methodological and practical task of the state's financial policy is to create conditions for social and economic stability, increase the level of employment of citizens, quality of life, and stimulate the development of human potential. This was the prerogative of Ukraine's financial policy before the war, but with the full-scale invasion of russia, priorities changed and instead the financing of the so-called "security bloc" increased. And, the sharp transition from a social orientation and the growth of defense spending indicates a change in the priorities of state financial policy and response to modern security challenges. The importance of