by Valerii Kondratiuk, Head of the Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine
There are some crucial events in the history of Ukraine that scientists, researchers, journalists and writers turn to again and again. Among them is Christianization of the ancient Kyivan Rus. It is celebrated on July 28 on the day of remembrance of Saint Volodymyr, Prince of Kyiv.
The news of the February Revolution of 1917 found Ivan Vyslotskyi in Russian captivity. He had already had enough of fighting at the fronts of the First World War and suffering from being convoyed in cold cargo cars.
July 15, 1897, in the village of Pisochyn of Pisochyn volost, Kharkiv district, Shevchenko Volodymyr Yakovych, the future head of the First (Intelligence) Sector of the Second Section (intelligence and counterintelligence) of the General Staff of the Military Ministry of the State Center of the UNR in exile (from July, 1934 to January, 1936), was born.
The assassination of the OUN leader Yevhen Konovalets by Soviet special services in 1938 was a textbook example of totalitarian regimes' sparing no methods to get rid of their political opponents. Looking back at that old story, at the yellowed documents from the archives of the DPU-NKVD-KGB of the USSR, makes one learn important lessons from past events and stay alert in the conditions of the current aggression against Ukraine.
During the North Atlantic Council delegation's visit to Ukraine, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyi suggested considering Ukraine's joining the NATO Enhanced Opportunity Program (EOP). This program first of all provides for expansion of practical operational interaction. It brings together NATO's closest partners, currently not members of the Alliance, but willing to be engaged in joint operations and exercises to achieve common interests in countering global threats.
Today, the Ukrainian Foreign Intelligence is celebrating its 101st anniversary and not without reason it is claiming a prominent position among related intelligence services of the world. Having studied numerous materials of the State Archive of the Foreign Intelligence Service and historical documents of the past, today we may surely speak about strong historical roots and genealogy of the Foreign Intelligence, some extraordinary personalities, own “style” and national heroes of the “invisible front”.
A presentation of a 40-minute documentary about the heroic and dramatic life of the intelligence officer of the Ukrainian People's Republic Mykola Krasovskyi took place in the Lviv Palace of Arts.
One of the most important areas of ensuring national security is conducting of intelligence. Leaders of the leading countries of the world keep emphasizing the role of intelligence and the need for its timely improvement. For example, the US National Security Strategy once stated that strong intelligence was needed to protect the state by warning of threats to national security, providing the necessary support to military and political leadership in countering those threats and finding opportunities to advance national interests through diplomacy [1].
Artur Orlyonov based on Olha Basarab's photo from her passport. The eyes, gaze, lips, chin - all this makes her portrait realistic and holistic. This is probably the case when the photo does not always show the image of a person, her feelings, the inner world, which the artist can complete with a few brushstrokes.
Об'єкти поруч з хутором Молькіно під Краснодаром (Кубань, Росія) використовуються для підготовки бійців приватних військових компаній перед їх відправкою до Сирії.
Згідно із цьогорічною «Оцінкою загроз національної розвідки» і свідченнями керівників розвідувальних управлінь США в Сенаті, американцям варто чекати, що Росія Володимира Путіна буде й далі намагалися поглибити соціальну, політичну і расову напругу в Америці.
