Background . Russian aggression and military actions in Ukraine have caused significant soil damage and contamination. Approximately 139,000 square kilometers of Ukrainian territory have been affected by war-related pollution, leading to annual economic losses of $11.2 billion due to mined fields. Degradation processes impact over 15 million hectares of land, including more than 5 million hectares of chernozems, which have undergone various types of military degradation: physical, mechanical, chemical, physico-chemical, and biological. Methods . To ensure proper use and compliance with maximum allowable concentrations (MAC) of hazardous substances during soil analysis and quality assessment, the selection of detection and control methods, as well as the establishment of general requirements and procedures for related activities, regulatory legal acts and standards are applied. Results . During the study, soil resources in the villages of Blahodatne, Kyselivka, Vasylky, and Maksymivka, located in the Mykolaiv district east of Mykolaiv, were analyzed. The concentration coefficient (Ks) assessment revealed extremely high values for copper (ranging from 8.2 to 81.19) and cadmium, necessitating the implementation of comprehensive monitoring and advanced purification technologies to stabilize the ecosystem. The differentiation of pollution based on the type of impurities showed that soil samples saturated with oil had the highest ecological risk for cadmium (Er=415) and lead (Er=130). In samples without hydrocarbon traces, the most hazardous elements were copper (Er=220) and cadmium (Er=665). Samples containing silvery metallic fragments exhibited a critically high risk for cadmium (Er=1228) and copper (Er=404), while the total risk index (RI) reached 1805, indicating a catastrophic level of contamination. Conclusions . The level of heavy metal pollution is high, making the use of the studied areas unsafe without technical and biological reclamation. In many zones, removing the topsoil layer is recommended due to its toxicity.