The SSU is working systematically to protect critical infrastructure and counteract to terrorism financing. In 2021, the SSU investigations helped restore state ownership of dozens of strategically important entities worth over UAH 8 bln (USD 285 mln).
The SSU is protecting critical infrastructure of the oil and gas sector. Following the SSU investigation, notices of suspicion were served to two participants of the scheme of misappropriation of natural gas, which was reserved for the use by government agencies of the Ministry of Finance.
The SSU continues to expose and prosecute those involved in crimes against the state security of Ukraine.
The SSU efforts have led to arrest of 14 passenger planes belonging to the Russian carrier Gazprom Avia.
The SSU continues to prevent and counteract to information and subversive activities of Russian special services against Ukraine.
The Security Service and the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine have agreed to cooperate and coordinate activities in the interests of state security. For this purpose, the SSU Head Ivan Bakanov and the President of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine Anatoliy Zagorodniy signed a Memorandum on cooperation.
The SSU continues to counter organized crime that poses a threat to Ukraine’s state security. In a large-scale special operation in Vinnytsia region, the SSU dismantled a criminal group that sold weapons and ammunition.
The SSU continues to expose and bring to justice members of IAFs active in the East of our country. In an operation in Stanytsa Luhanska, the SSU Counterintelligence detained a former deputy commander of a militant group.
The SSU officers found a real cache of weapons and ammunition during counter-subversion exercises in Donbas. According to preliminary data, the cache was set up by Russian-backed militants to carry out sabotage in the region and resist the ATO/JFO forces.
In Dnipropetrovsk region, the SSU shut down a drug lab producing psychotropic substances worth UAH 1 mln (USD 36,000) per month.
The Counterintelligence Unit of the SSU Kharkiv Office exposed a local resident who was recruited by Russian special services.
The SSU prevented import of a record-breaking amount of counterfeit goods to Ukraine. The officers uncovered a wholesale batch of counterfeit electronic cigarettes worth over UAH 16 mln (USD 580,000).