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.