Abstract: In the conditions of a full-scale war between Russia and Ukraine, our state faces the question of attracting funds from both residents and non-residents to solve military and social problems, as a result of which the national debt is formed and its constant growth occurs. The receipt of macro-financial assistance (soft loans) from the EU had the greatest impact on the growth of public debt. The growth of Ukraine’s public debt was influenced by the receipt of loans under the programs of the IMF, the World Bank, the EBRD, and the government of Canada. The growth of the national debt determines the need to choose an effective method of managing the national debt, because the country’s debt security depends on the management of the national debt. The article analyzes the management of public debt from a theoretical and scientific point of view. The purpose of the work is to conduct an analysis of the economic category of «public debt management», its principles and stages. The main areas of activity of the concept of «public debt» are determined both from a regulatory and legal point of view, and from a scientific point of view; its classification by criteria is given. Public debt is an important economic category that reflects a set of economic relations in the field of attracting positional financial resources with the involvement of the financial deficit of the national sector of the economy on the basis of repayment, payment and maturity. The article examines the classification of public debt in detail in order to understand the mechanisms of debt management, their features depending on the classification of public debt. The main components of the state debt management system are considered. Management and service of the state debt is one of the priority tasks of the state’s financial policy, an important condition for the stability of its financial system. Effective management of the debt at all its stages will avoid crisis debt situations and overloading of the expenditure part of the state budget in terms of expenses for servicing the state debt, will contribute to the stabilization of the socio-economic situation and the development of the economy of any country. The classification of the main methods of public debt management, both external and internal, is given, special attention is paid to the method of public debt restructuring and its schemes under the conditions of the threat of non-payment of the public debt. Special