History of FISU
History of the Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine
The history of the Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine began on January 24, 1919. On that day, the first unit of the foreign intelligence, the Department of Foreign Information, was created as part of the Political Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the UPR. It collected intelligence on the enemies of the UPR, as well as on other countries that could become allies or adversaries. That date marked the beginning of the development of Ukrainian Intelligence, which still works today.
In 2018, the President of Ukraine signed a decree establishing the Day of the Foreign Intelligence of Ukraine. It is marked annually on January 24, in honor of the date of the creation of the first intelligence unit.
After the declaration of Ukraine’s Independence in 1991, the Main Directorate of Intelligence was established as part of the National Security Service of Ukraine. Its task was to inform the top leadership of Ukraine about important threats and events concerning national security.
In March 2001, the Law of Ukraine “On Intelligence Agencies of Ukraine” was adopted, which defined the goals, tasks and principles of the activity of the Intelligence, its rights, responsibilities and interaction with other state bodies.
In February 2004, the Department of Intelligence of the Security Service of Ukraine was created on the basis of the Main Directorate of Intelligence and Radio-Electronic Intelligence. It is on its basis that later the Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine was formed.
On October 14, 2004, the President signed a Decree establishing the Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine as a separate agency. On December 1, 2005, the Verkhovna Rada adopted the relevant law.
On September 17, 2020, the Verkhovna Rada adopted the Law “On Intelligence”. It clarified the tasks of each of the intelligence agencies and defined how the intelligence community should work, i.e., outlined the rules of interaction between all Ukrainian intelligence services.
Today, the Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine is part of the security and defense forces. It actively participates in the fight against russia’s aggression and protects Ukraine’s national interests abroad.
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From 1922 he was a Khorunzhyi General of the UPR Army. From 1928 to 1936, he headed the special service of the General Staff of the Ministry of Military Affairs of the State Center of the UPR in exile. In that position, he attached great importance to the work of intelligence, in particular to the collection of information about the situation in Ukraine in order to prepare conditions for the overthrow of soviet rule and restoration of the Republic’s independence and state sovereignty through military intervention from outside and the intensification of the partisan insurgency in the Ukrainian ssr. Thanks to V. Zmiyenko, it was possible to obtain documentary evidence of the famine in Ukraine. This information was used to prepare leaflets, appeals, and reviews, to draw the attention of the world community to the events in Ukraine and thus to influence the top party leadership of the ussr.
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