The SSU Counterintelligence Department continues to take steps to prevent and neutralize threats to the defence capabilities of our state. In an operation in Zhytomyr region, the Service uncovered theft of devices and components for anti-aircraft weapons. Such systems ensure air defence of Ukraine.
In Ivano-Frankivsk region, the SSU dismantled an organized criminal group that terrorized and intimidated people. In a large-scale special operation, the Service detained leaders and members of the gang.
The Head of the SSU Ivan Bakanov congratulated officers of the Military Counterintelligence on the 30th anniversary of the establishment of this Directorate as part of the Service.
The SSU exposed officials of one of the village councils on multimillion land fraud in Obukhiv district.
Based on the information collected by the SSU and the SBI, the fifth President and current MP Petro Poroshenko has been notified of suspicion of committing crimes under Article 111 (Treason) and Article 258-3.1 (supporting activity of terrorist organization) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
The operation of the SSU Counterintelligence Department has led to conviction of an agent of Russian special services to 8 years of imprisonment. The woman is involved in preparation of a series of terrorist attacks in the JFO area.
The SSU Military Counterintelligence systematically counteracts to intelligence and subversive activities of Russian special services against the defence potential of our state. In Dnipropetrovsk region, a former official of a unit in the Air Force, Armed Forces of Ukraine, was exposed on collection of military secrets.
The SSU dismantled a large-scale scheme of extorting money from wholesale exporters of Ukrainian products to EU countries. The scam was set up by one of the heads of regional customs in Kirovohrad and Ivano-Frankivsk regions.
The SSU Counterintelligence continues to take steps to expose militants of illegal armed formations of the so-called L/DNR. A former member of a militant group involved in hostilities against the ATO forces was detained in Luhansk region.
The SSU is continuously working on exposing participants of subversive activities against the state security of Ukraine. In Dnipro, the SSU exposed a leader of an anti-government organization of the so-called ‘democracy’ on public calls to overthrow the constitutional order of Ukraine.
The SSU counteracts to transnational criminal groups that pose a threat to the state security of Ukraine. In an operation in Lviv region, the Service detained the so-called ‘thief in law’.