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The Security Service of Ukraine (Ukrainian: Служба безпеки України, romanized: Sluzhba bezpeky Ukrainy [ˈsɫuʒbɐ bezˈpɛke ʊkrɐˈjine]; abbreviated as SBU [a] or SSU) is the main internal security agency of the Ukrainian government. Its main duties include counter-intelligence activity and combating organized crime and ...
In accordance with the Presidential Decree of Ukraine of 26.07.2001 No. 570 "On the procedure for interaction with international antiterrorist organizations", [5] the Antiterrorist Center at the Security Service of Ukraine is defined as a state body that has a right to interact with international antiterrorist organizations.
Ukraine. Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine (SZRU) HUR MO; Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) United Kingdom. Counter Intelligence Operations Squadron (CIOS) Defence Intelligence (DI) Security Service, commonly known as MI5; National Domestic Extremism and Disorder Intelligence Unit (NDEDIU) United States. FBI Counterintelligence Division
It was renamed the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, or Defence Intelligence of Ukraine (DIU) for short, on April 4, 1994. [3] [2] On March 22, 2001, the Ukrainian parliament (Rada) ratified the Law of Ukraine "On Intelligence Agencies of Ukraine". The HUR was given the status of special government authority. [2]
The Kyiv territorial unit of Group "A" was converted into Service "C" of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) in 1992. [6] Nevertheless, it has continued to be informally called "Alpha", until June 23, 1994, when by the decree of the President of Ukraine on the basis of service "C" of the SBU was created Directorate "A" (Alpha).
In the context of the Russo-Ukrainian War, in the time leading up to and after the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, a number of citizens of the Russian Federation and of other nationalities working for Russia have been identified publicly as spies or agents of the Federal Security Service (FSB), the Russia's foreign intelligence service (SVR) or the third intelligence arm, the military ...
73rd Naval Special Operations Center "Chieftain Antin Holovaty" or the Special Operations Center South (Unit А3199) is the naval spetsnaz component of the Ukrainian Special Operations Forces (SSO) that specialized in amphibious reconnaissance to prepare for amphibious warfare operations, clandestine operation, defense against swimmer incursions, direct action against important strategic or ...
The Washington Post noted that the FSB unit in Ukraine began expanding in 2019 and was actively recruiting supporters (both ideologues and those working for money) in security agencies. It was believed that the corruption and deep infiltration of Russian agents in the SBU would undermine Ukraine's ability to resist invasion.