Main Directorate of Intelligence (Ukraine)

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Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine
Головне управління розвідки Міністерства оборони України
Latin: Sapiens dominabitur astris (transl. The wise will rule the stars)[citation needed]
EmployeesClassified
Annual budget1 billion
Agency executive
Parent agencyMinistry of Defence
Websitegur.gov.ua
Lieutenant-general Kyrylo Budanov, Chief of Defence Intelligence, in 2020

The Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine (Ukrainian: Головне управління розвідки Міністерства оборони України, romanizedHolovne upravlinnia rozvidky Ministerstva oborony Ukrainy, HUR MOU) is the military intelligence service of the Ukrainian government. It is an agency of the Ministry of Defence, not the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Since 2016, the owl has been the symbol of the HUR (at the same time, the bat – a prey animal of the owls – is the symbol of the Spetsnaz GRU), the owl hovers over a map of the world and stabs a sword from the sky at a blackened Russia. The Russian Federation was outraged, calling this a provocation.

At first, the motto of the HUR was "Statehood, Professionalism, Decency", then from 2016 onwards the agency's motto is "The wise will rule the Stars" (

Latin
: Sapiens Dominabitur Astris), an allusion to the motto of the hostile Spetsnaz GRU ("Only the stars are above us").

Spheres of activity

The Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine conducts its activity in the military, political, technical, economic, signals, informational and environmental spheres.

The major missions of the directorate are:[citation needed]

  • 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 defense, 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

The HUR MOU Buildings located on Rybalskyi Peninsula, Kyiv

The agency was established from the existing intelligence assets of the

.

The Intelligence Directorate of the General Headquarters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was established in February 1992. Based on a presidential decree issued on September 7, 1992, the Strategic Military Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defence was created. The existence of two separate agencies with similar responsibilities, and reporting to different authorities, hampered the development of an effective military intelligence system.[2][3]

On July 6, 1993, the Decree of the President of Ukraine ordered the merging of the two agencies to form the Main Military Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defence. 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 MOU was given the status of special government authority.[2]

HUR special forces unit in Kabul during the 2021 Kabul airlift

In 2016, President Petro Poroshenko changed the HUR emblem. It was now an owl holding a sword over Russia with the new motto "The wise will rule over the stars".[failed verification] Moscow was outraged by the new emblem.[4]

On August 18, 2021, HUR special forces moved on

Kabul airport.[5]

On September 20, 2023, CNN reported[6] that Ukrainian special forces were likely behind multiple attacks on Wagner-backed Rapid Support Forces (RSF) forces in Sudan, using DJI Mavic 3 first-person view (FPV) drones. In May 2023, HUR Chief Kyrylo Budanov vowed[7] to “destroy Russian war criminals anywhere in the world, wherever they are.” In March 2024, reports confirmed that HUR commandos from the "Timur" unit were actively fighting Wagner and RSF in Sudan.[8][9]

Organization

The HUR has an executive office and several agency-wide functions, and five major directorates and departments consisting of the following:[citation needed]

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

Combat formations

Before the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the only field reconnaissance unit of the HUR was a special unit subordinated to the Directorate's 4th Special Intelligence Service (4-та Служба спеціальної розвідки):[citation needed]

As of 2024, the units subordinate to the HUR include:

Reconnaissance units:

Special purpose units:

Legal basis

HUR MOU is legally allowed to operate based upon the following laws:[34]

  • The Constitution of Ukraine
  • Verkhovna Rada Regulation "On National Security Concept of Ukraine (state policy fundamentals)", 1997
  • The Law of Ukraine "On Defence of Ukraine", 2000
  • The Law of Ukraine "On The Armed Forces of Ukraine", 2000
  • The Law of Ukraine "On the Intelligence agencies of Ukraine", 2001
  • The Law of Ukraine "Separate legislative acts of Ukraine Amendments in light of the Law of Ukraine", "About the Intelligence agencies of Ukraine" passage
  • Presidential Decree "On the Ministry of Defence and the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Status"

Directors

Born in Volyn Oblast 1945. Graduated from the KGB Higher School in 1975.
Born in Cherkasy Oblast 1955. Graduated from PhD from the National Academy of Defence 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.
Born in
Kyiv University
in 2000.
  • Lieutenant General Viktor Hvozd (January 17, 2008 – August 17, 2010)
Born in
Lviv University
(1997), Magistrate of Kyiv University of Law and Economics (2005), Military-Diplomatic Academy (2009).
Born in Odesa 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.

Notable members

See also

References

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