Ukraine between East and West: geopolitical options and constraints
Journal: Cherkasy University Bulletin Historical Sciences
Year: 2025

The aim of the study is to analyze the key problems of geopolitical choices, which are ambiguously interpreted in the scientific literature and cause a certain resonance among the Ukrainian population, forecasting the prospects of Ukraine's further pursuit towards the West or the East. Methodology. The author used general scientific empirical (description) and theoretical (analysis, synthesis, generalization, induction, explanation) research methods. He touched upon the sensitive issues of Ukrai