This study aims to identify the main directions for creating and implementing a comprehensive, adaptive, and practical information policy that meets modern challenges and threats, strengthens national security, ensures stable economic development, and promotes social progress. Research methods: analysis of scientific publications and legal acts, economic system and scenario analysis. The leading positions of the legal framework for forming Ukraine’s information policy at the current stage of development have been

determined. The functional focus of national programmes and initiatives to improve media literacy among the population in Ukraine has been outlined. Ukraine’s place in the global and European information space has been analysed according to social progress indicators, information, and communications development in 2023. The development of e-commerce in Ukraine from 2018 to 2021 has been highlighted. The main aspects of the information war in Ukraine under current socio-economic and geopolitical conditions

have been summarised. The main directions of the information policy development strategy for ensuring adequate protection of Ukraine’s information space have been formulated. Alternative scenarios for developing Ukraine’s information policy for 2025-2030 have been presented.

Highlights

• The development of information policy in Ukraine under current conditions is critically important for strengthening national security, ensuring economic development, and improving the quality of life for citizens. Effective information policy becomes the foundation for sustainable state development in the context of constant information threats and the dynamic development of digital technologies.
• The main scenarios for developing Ukraine’s information policy shortly should include integrated cybersecurity and media literacy, the politicisation and regulation of the information space, digital modernisation and innovation, information warfare and cyber aggression, global cooperation, and international integration.