Chief directorate of intelligence of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine
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The Chief directorate of intelligence of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine or HUR (ГУР), is Ukraine
's military intelligence
service. It is a subdivision of the country's Defence Ministry and is under direct subordination to the Ministry of Defense, not the General Staff. It was in fact built upon the existing intelligence assets of the Kiev
, Odessa
and Carpathian
military districts
of the Soviet Army
.
The agency's motto is "Statehood, professionalism, decency".
The major missions:
Directorates:
Departments:
On July 6, 1993, the Decree of the President of Ukraine gave start to 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. On April 14, 1994, the Main Military Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine was renamed into the Chief Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine.
The current head of the Directorate Serhiy Hmiza was appointed 17 August, 2010.
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
's military intelligence
Military intelligence
Military intelligence is a military discipline that exploits a number of information collection and analysis approaches to provide guidance and direction to commanders in support of their decisions....
service. It is a subdivision of the country's Defence Ministry and is under direct subordination to the Ministry of Defense, not the General Staff. It was in fact built upon the existing intelligence assets of the Kiev
Kiev Military District
The Kiev Military District was a Russian unit of military-administrative division of the Imperial Russian Army and subsequently of the Ukrainian Army, RKKA, and Soviet Armed Forces...
, Odessa
Odessa Military District
The Odessa Military District was a military administrative division of the Imperial Russian military, the Soviet Armed Forces and the Ukrainian Armed Forces and was known under such name from around 1862 to 1998. It was reorganized as part of the Military of Ukraine and the Military of Moldova in...
and Carpathian
Carpathian Military District
The Carpathian Military District was a military district of the Soviet Armed Forces from 1945 after the conclusion of the Second World War to 1990-91. It became part of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in 1991 and was disbanded by being redesignated the Western Operational Command later in the 1990s.Two...
military districts
Military district (Soviet Union)
In the Soviet Union, a military district was a territorial association of military units, formations, military schools, and various local military administrative establishments...
of the Soviet Army
Soviet Army
The Soviet Army is the name given to the main part of the Armed Forces of the Soviet Union between 1946 and 1992. Previously, it had been known as the Red Army. Informally, Армия referred to all the MOD armed forces, except, in some cases, the Soviet Navy.This article covers the Soviet Ground...
.
The agency's motto is "Statehood, professionalism, decency".
Legal basis
- Constitution of UkraineConstitution of UkraineThe Constitution of Ukraine is the nation's fundamental law. The constitution was adopted and ratified at the 5th session of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on 28 June 1996. The constitution was passed with 315 ayes out of 450 votes possible .Other laws and other normative legal acts of Ukraine...
; - Verkhovna RadaVerkhovna RadaThe Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine is Ukraine's parliament. The Verkhovna Rada is a unicameral parliament composed of 450 deputies, which is presided over by a chairman...
Regulation On National Security Concept of Ukraine (state policy fundamentals); - The Law of UkraineLaw of UkraineThe legal system of Ukraine is based on the framework of civil law, and belongs to the Romano-Germanic legal tradition. The main source of legal information is codified law. Customary law and case law are not as common, though case law is often used in support of the written law, as in many other...
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 UkrainePresident of UkrainePrior to the formation of the modern Ukrainian presidency, the previous Ukrainian head of state office was officially established in exile by Andriy Livytskyi. At first the de facto leader of nation was the president of the Central Rada at early years of the Ukrainian People's Republic, while the...
On the Ministry of Defense and the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Status.
Spheres of Activity
According to the Law of Ukraine On the Intelligence agencies of Ukraine, the Chief Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defence (Defence Intelligence) conducts its activity in the military, political, technical, economic, 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 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, protecting the State border;
- participating in operations against terrorism, international organized crime, drug, arms and technologies trafficking, illegal migration;
- counteracting the external threats that can affect National security of Ukraine, lives and health of its citizens and the state facilities abroad.
Organization
The HUR has an executive office and several agency-wide functions, and five major directorates and departments.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.
History
The Intelligence Directorate of the General Headquarters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine began forming in February, 1992. In compliance with the Presidential Decree of September 7, 1992, a decision was made concerning the establishment of the Strategic Military Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine. Therefore, September 7 marks the Day of Military Intelligence Service of Ukraine.On July 6, 1993, the Decree of the President of Ukraine gave start to 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. On April 14, 1994, the Main Military Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine was renamed into the Chief Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine.
The current head of the Directorate Serhiy Hmiza was appointed 17 August, 2010.
Directors
- Lieutenant-General Oleksandr Skipalsky (October 16, 1992 - June 9, 1997)
- Born in Volyn OblastVolyn OblastVolyn Oblast is an oblast in north-western Ukraine. Its administrative center is Lutsk. Kovel is the westernmost town and the last station in Ukraine of the rail line running from Kiev to Warsaw.-History:...
1945. Graduated from the KGBKGBThe KGB was the commonly used acronym for the . It was the national security agency of the Soviet Union from 1954 until 1991, and was the premier internal security, intelligence, and secret police organization during that time.The State Security Agency of the Republic of Belarus currently uses the...
Supreme School in 1975.- Colonel-General Ihor Smeshko (June 9, 1997 - September 29, 2000)
- Born in Cherkasy OblastCherkasy OblastCherkasy Oblast is an oblast of central Ukraine located along the Dnieper River. The administrative center of the oblast is the city of Cherkasy).-Geography:...
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 OblastDnipropetrovsk OblastDnipropetrovsk Oblast is an oblast of central Ukraine, the most important industrial region of the country. Its administrative center is Dnipropetrovsk....
1949. Graduated from the Military Academy of General Staff of USSR Armed ForcesSoviet Armed ForcesThe Soviet Armed Forces, also called the Armed Forces of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and Armed Forces of the Soviet Union refers to the armed forces of the Russian SFSR , and Soviet Union from their beginnings in the...
in 1988.- ColonelColonelColonel , abbreviated Col or COL, is a military rank of a senior commissioned officer. It or a corresponding rank exists in most armies and in many air forces; the naval equivalent rank is generally "Captain". It is also used in some police forces and other paramilitary rank structures...
(ret.) Oleksandr Halaka (March 13, 2003 - January 17, 2008)
- Colonel
- Born in KharkivKharkivKharkiv or Kharkov is the second-largest city in Ukraine.The city was founded in 1654 and was a major centre of Ukrainian culture in the Russian Empire. Kharkiv became the first city in Ukraine where the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic was proclaimed in December 1917 and Soviet government was...
1955. Graduated from the Military Academy of Ground Forces Air-Defense in 1987 and the Kiev UniversityKiev UniversityTaras Shevchenko University or officially the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv , colloquially known in Ukrainian as KNU is located in Kiev, the capital of Ukraine. It is the third oldest university in Ukraine after the University of Lviv and Kharkiv University. Currently, its structure...
in 2000.- Lieutenant-General Viktor Hvozd (January 17, 2008 - August 17, 2010)
- Born in Ternopil OblastTernopil OblastTernopil Oblast is an oblast' of Ukraine. Its administrative center is Ternopil, through which flows the Seret River, a tributary of the Dnister.-Geography:...
1959. Graduated from the Frunze Military College (Kiev, 1981), Lviv UniversityLviv UniversityThe Lviv University or officially the Ivan Franko National University of Lviv is the oldest continuously operating university in Ukraine...
(1997), Magistrate of Kiev University of Law and Economics (2005), Military-Diplomatic Academy (2009).- Major-General Serhiy Hmyza (August 17, 2010 - present)
- Born in Odessa OblastOdessa OblastOdesa Oblast, also written as Odessa Oblast , is the southernmost and largest oblast of south-western Ukraine. The administrative center of the oblast is the city of Odessa.-History:...
1960. Graduated Military College in 1981, the Military-Diplomatic Academy in 1991, Ukrainian State University in 2008.
External links
- Defence Intelligence of Ukraine
- Chief Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine
See also
- Foreign Intelligence Service of UkraineForeign Intelligence Service of UkraineThe Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine is an independent state body, which carries out its intelligence activities in political, economic, military and technical, scientific and technical, information and ecological spheres and subordinates directly to the President of Ukraine.The...
- Security Service of Ukraine