One of the top priorities of the Security Service of Ukraine is the protection of state sovereignty, territorial integrity and constitutional order.

The main source of threats to Ukraine’s national statehood is the aggressive policy of the kremlin regime.

russia’s military invasion of Ukraine is accompanied by subversive activities of enemy intelligence services. Incitement to terrorist attacks, encroachment on our constitutional order, attempts to provoke religious conflicts, and propaganda of separatism are the most pressing threats to Ukrainian statehood in the time of war.

The SSU’s National Statehood Protection units are working to block pro-russian movements in Ukraine. The kremlin’s plan was to turn them into a fifth column, and the enemy was counting on their help.

For the first time since Ukraine’s independence, the SSU, together with the law enforcement agencies, carried out unprecedented work to stop the destructive activities of the pro-russian clergy of moscow patriarchate’s Ukrainian Orthodox Church. The church environment turned out to be an ideal turf for enemy agents and espionage networks. A number of priests were exposed for justifying russian aggression and inciting conflicts between believers of different denominations. There were also clerics who directly collaborated with the occupiers and even adjusted enemy fire.

An equally important area is identifying and apprehending collaborators, including those involved in organizing fake referenda in the temporarily occupied territory of Ukraine. Many of them have already been prosecuted.

The National Statehood Protection units also expose foreigners who interfere in Ukraine’s internal affairs, encroach on its territorial integrity, and stir up separatist sentiment. Hundreds of foreign politicians, propagandists, and supporters of ruscism have been banned from entering Ukraine. Most of them are citizens of the aggressor state who publicly justify the war unleashed by the kremlin regime.

Protection of Critical Infrastructure Facilities

Protection of critical infrastructure is an important component of Ukraine’s security policy. This includes objects strategically important for functioning of society, social and economic development and state security.

In wartime, the Security Service of Ukraine is prioritizing the counterintelligence protection of energy, transport and other critical sectors. This is needed to prevent the enemy’s attempts to infiltrate such facilities and carry out sabotage.

The SSU is also making comprehensive efforts to block the assets of pro-kremlin companies and individuals involved in financing the war or otherwise supporting the aggression against Ukraine. Based on the evidence collected by the SSU, corporate rights and real estate of dozens of companies whose ultimate beneficiaries are russian corporations such as Rosneft, Rosatom, Gazprom, Rostec, Rusal, GMS Group, Tatneft and banking institutions have been seized.

Another example of this work is the blocking of illegal export of Ukrainian grain from the temporarily occupied territory and the arrest of the vessels involved.

The SSU systematically submits proposals to the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine on seizure of corporate rights, industrial and other assets of the aggressor state.

Assets worth tens of billions of Hryvnias have already been seized. And this is just the beginning. These funds must be used to rebuild Ukraine.

Even before the war, the SSU was one of the main initiators of sanctions against russian businesses and individuals. The Service has intensified this activity after russia’s full-scale invasion. Such restrictions usually send a signal to international partners. Our Ministry of Foreign Affairs informs the competent authorities of the EU, the U.S. and other countries on the sanctions imposed and encourages the introduction of similar restrictive measures.

Countering Systemic Threats to State Administration

During the war, the SSU Main Directorate for Countering Systemic Threats to State Administration has focused on uncovering and stopping crimes that pose a direct threat to national security, have a destructive impact on state administration and other negative consequences for the society.

This includes the following tasks:

• counteracting to destruction of state apparatus and local government through systemic illegal activities in the field of state administration
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• fighting against organized and transnational crime
• cleansing the judiciary and the bar of Ukraine from collaborators and traitors
• thwarting espionage and sabotage activities of foreign intelligence services
• countering the financing of separatism, terrorism and extremism, weakening of the aggressor state’s financial footing
• participation in the interagency working group to form evidence base on the crimes of russian occupiers
• elimination of schemes of illegal transportation of military-aged persons across the state border

As a result of the SSU’s investigations, thousands of russian servicemen and mercenaries who were directly involved in the armed aggression have been identified. This helps to collect evidence for international courts to bring the perpetrators to justice.

Equally important is the fight against the internal enemy. These are officials whose actions harm state security in a number of areas; they act both on their own initiative, pursuing selfish motives, and as a result of intelligence and sabotage activities of russian special services.