An Approach for Modeling City Defense Means: Sumy Region Case Study

During the unauthorized full-scale russian invasion of the territory of Ukraine, the largest military conflict since the Second World War was provoked. This led to the massive destruction of Ukrainian cities’ critical and civil infrastructure. Therefore, the problem of ensuring the defense capability for cities and communities is highly topical. Moreover, the inconsistency of the modern spatial organization with the need to place defense means in the city’s space emphasizes the problem’s relevance. The paper presents studies on how to introduce the model of city defense into the structure of a modern Ukrainian city using the Sumy region case study. Methods for analysis of data and scientific, archival, library, and cartographic sources were applied during the research. Further classification and systematization made it possible to create prerequisites for modeling city defense structures. The application of modern software, in combination with the proposed approach, provides an opportunity to develop the principles and methods of the spatial organization of the city defense means. As a result, ways of implementing the corresponding means in the architectural and city-building fields were proposed. They are necessary to ensure the safety of the cities by preventing the destruction of infrastructure and further implementing the proposed city defense means.