UDC 004.8, 519.6, 528.8

A. Kolotii
Space Research Institute under NAS of Ukraine and State Space Agency of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine; Institute of Physics and Technology of the National Technical University “Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute,” Kyiv, Ukraine,  andrew.k.911@gmail.com

A. Shelestov
Institute of Physics and Technology of the National Technical University “Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute,” Kyiv, Ukraine; Space Research Institute under NAS of Ukraine and State Space Agency of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine,  andrii.shelestov@gmail.com

O. Zhdanova
Institute of Physics and Technology of the National Technical University “Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute,” Kyiv, Ukraine,  0982496208z@gmail.com

Ye. Volkova
Institute of Physics and Technology of the National Technical University “Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute,” Kyiv, Ukraine,  yelvol-ipt22@lll.kpi.ua

THE IMPACT OF WAR ON ECONOMIC ACTIVITY IN UKRAINE USING SATELLITE
NIGHT LIGHT DATA TO ASSESS THE ECONOMIC SITUATION

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