Chief Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine

Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine
Головне управління розвідки Міністерства оборони України
Agency overview
Formed September 7, 1992
Preceding agencies
  • GRU
  • Military Strategic Intelligence of MOD
Jurisdiction Ministry of Defence of Ukraine
Headquarters Kiev, Elektrikiv-str, 33
Employees Classified
Annual budget 1 billion Hryv.
Agency executive
  • Vasyl Burba[1], Commander
Parent agency Ministry of Defence of Ukraine
Website http://gur.mil.gov.ua/en/
HUR MOU Emblem, 1992-2016

The Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine (Ukrainian: Головне управління розвідки Міністерства оборони України) or HUR MOU (ГУР МОУ), is Ukraine's military intelligence intelligence service. It is a subdivision of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine, not the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. It was in fact built upon the existing intelligence assets of the Kiev, Odessa and Carpathian military districts of the Soviet Armed Forces.

Former agency's motto was "Statehood, professionalism, decency". Since 2016 they carry the new motto: "Ukraine above all else".

Legal basis

Spheres of Activity

According to the Law of Ukraine On the Intelligence agencies of Ukraine, 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:

Organization

The HUR has an executive office and several agency-wide functions, and five major directorates and departments.[2]

Directorates:

Departments:

History

HUR MOU Buildings

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 Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine.

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 Defense in 2000.
Born in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast 1949. Graduated from the Military Academy of General Staff of USSR Armed Forces in 1988.
Born in Kharkiv 1955. Graduated from the Military Academy of Ground Forces Air-Defense in 1987 and the Kiev University in 2000.
Born in Ternopil Oblast 1959. Graduated from the Frunze Military College (Kiev, 1981), Lviv University (1997), Magistrate of Kiev University of Law and Economics (2005), Military-Diplomatic Academy (2009).
Born in Odessa Oblast 1960. Graduated Military College in 1981, the Military-Diplomatic Academy in 1991, Ukrainian State University in 2008.

References

  1. 1 2 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)
  2. ↑ General Intelligence Directorate. Galaka O.I.
  3. ↑ http://ukropnews24.com/poroshenko-appointed-head-of-intelligence-of-the-mou-kondratyuk-deputy-head-of-the-ap/

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See also

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