Benutzer:Koschi73/Chief Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine
Vorlage:Short description Vorlage:More citations needed Vorlage:Use dmy dates Vorlage:Infobox government agency The Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine (Vorlage:Lang-uk) or HUR MOU / GUR MOU (ГУР МОУ) is the military intelligence service of the Ukrainian government. It is a subdivision of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defence, not the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. It was built upon the existing intelligence assets of the Kyiv, Odessa and Carpathian military districts of the Soviet Armed Forces.
The agency's former motto was "Statehood, professionalism, decency". Since 2016, the agency uses the motto "The Wise will rule the Stars" (Vorlage:Lang-la).
Spheres of activity[Bearbeiten | Quelltext bearbeiten]
The Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine conducts its activity in the military, political, technical, economic, signals, informational and environmental spheres.
The major missions:
- Obtaining, analyzing and dissemination of the intelligence information to the senior civil and military authorities of Ukraine.
- Performing special tasks in order to promote the National interests and State policy of Ukraine in economic, political, military, technical, environmental and informational areas, contributing to the national defence, fostering the economic development, promoting science and technology, and protecting the State border.
- Participating in operations against terrorism, international organized crime, drug, arms and technologies trafficking, and illegal migration.
- Counteracting the external threats that can affect the National security of Ukraine, lives and health of its citizens and the state facilities abroad.
History[Bearbeiten | Quelltext bearbeiten]
The Intelligence Directorate of the General Headquarters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in February 1992.[1] Based on a presidential decree issued on September 7, 1992, the Strategic Military Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine was created. This, however, raised conerns of two agencies that had different command structures and having the same responsbilities.[1]
On July 6, 1993, the Decree of the President of Ukraine ordered the merging of the Intelligence Directorate of the General Headquarters and the Strategic Military Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine into the Main Military Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine.[1]
The Main Military Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine was renamed into the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine (DIU) on April 4, 1994.[1]
On March 22, 2001, the Verkhovna Rada ratified the Law of Ukraine “On Intelligence Agencies of Ukraine”. The HUR MOU was given the status of special government authority.[1]
Organization[Bearbeiten | Quelltext bearbeiten]
The HUR has an executive office and several agency-wide functions, and five major directorates and departments consisting of the following:
Directorates:
- Strategic Intelligence Directorate
- Armed Forces General Staff Intelligence Support Directorate
- Information Support Directorate
- Personnel Policy Directorate
- Logistic Directorate
Departments:
- Internal Security Department
- Planning Department
- Automation and Communication Department
- Economic and Finance Department
- Information and state secret protection Department
Formations of the CDI-MDU[Bearbeiten | Quelltext bearbeiten]
Formations reporting to the CDI but are operationally part of the Armed Forces and the National Guard include:
Armed Forces formations[Bearbeiten | Quelltext bearbeiten]
- 10th Special Detachment
- 49th Reconnaissance Battalion (Training)
- 54th Reconnaissance Battalion
- 74th Reconnaissance Battalion
- 129th Reconnaissance Battalion
- 140th Reconnaissance Battalion
- 143rd Reconnaissance Battalion
- 129th Reconnaissance Battalion
- 130th Reconnaissance Battalion
- 131st Reconnaissance Battalion
National Guard formations[Bearbeiten | Quelltext bearbeiten]
- Special Forces Anti-terrorism Detachment "Omega", Novi Petrivtsi
- Special Forces Detachment "Vega", Lviv
- Special Forces Intelligence Detachment "Ares", Kharkiv
Legal basis[Bearbeiten | Quelltext bearbeiten]
HUR MOU is legally allowed to operate based upon the following laws:[2]
- The Constitution of Ukraine;
- Verkhovna Rada Regulation On National Security Concept of Ukraine (state policy fundamentals);
- The Law of Ukraine On Defense of Ukraine;
- The Law of Ukraine On The Armed Forces of Ukraine;
- The Law of Ukraine On the Intelligence agencies of Ukraine;
- The Law of Ukraine "Separate legislative acts of Ukraine Amendments in light of the Law of Ukraine " About the Intelligence agencies of Ukraine" passage;
- Decree of President of Ukraine On the Ministry of Defense and the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Status.
Directors[Bearbeiten | Quelltext bearbeiten]
- Lieutenant General Oleksandr Skipalsky (October 16, 1992 - June 9, 1997)
- Born in Volyn Oblast 1945. Graduated from the KGB Higher School in 1975.
- Colonel General Ihor Smeshko (June 9, 1997 - September 29, 2000)
- Born in Cherkasy Oblast 1955. Graduated from PhD from the National Academy of Defense in 2000.
- Colonel General Viktor Paliy (September 29, 2000 - March 13, 2003)
- Born in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast 1949. Graduated from the Military Academy of General Staff of USSR Armed Forces in 1988.
- Colonel (ret.) Oleksandr Halaka (March 13, 2003 - January 17, 2008)
- Born in Kharkiv 1955. Graduated from the Military Academy of Ground Forces Air-Defense in 1987 and the Kyiv University in 2000.
- Lieutenant General Viktor Hvozd (January 17, 2008 - August 17, 2010)
- Born in Ternopil Oblast 1959. Graduated from the Frunze Military College (Kyiv, 1981), Lviv University (1997), Magistrate of Kyiv University of Law and Economics (2005), Military-Diplomatic Academy (2009).
- Major General Serhiy Hmyza (August 17, 2010 – February 26, 2014)
- Born in Odessa Oblast 1960. Graduated Military College in 1981, the Military-Diplomatic Academy in 1991, Ukrainian State University in 2008.
- Major General Yuriy Pavlov (since March 3, 2014 - July 28, 2015)
- Born in Lviv Oblast 1962.
- Lieutenant General Valery Kondratyuk (July 28, 2015 - October 15, 2016[3])
- Major General Vasyl Burba (since October 15, 2016[4] - August 5, 2020)
- Brigadier General Kyrylo Budanov (since August 5, 2020)
Notable members[Bearbeiten | Quelltext bearbeiten]
See also[Bearbeiten | Quelltext bearbeiten]
References[Bearbeiten | Quelltext bearbeiten]
External links[Bearbeiten | Quelltext bearbeiten]
- Defence Intelligence of Ukraine
- Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine
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[[Category:Military intelligence agencies]] [[Category:Ministry of Defence (Ukraine)]] [[Category:Ukrainian intelligence agencies]]
- ↑ a b c d e Archived copy. In: gur.mil.gov.ua. Archiviert vom am 14. Februar 2022; abgerufen am 14. März 2022.
- ↑ https://www.globalsecurity.org/intell/world/ukraine/milintel.htm
- ↑ Archived copy. Archiviert vom am 26. Oktober 2016; abgerufen am 25. Oktober 2016.
- ↑ President presents new chief of military intel, UNIAN (25 October 2016)
Poroshenko: New intel chief to give fresh impetus to military intelligence in Ukraine, Interfax-Ukraine (25 October 2016)