Zelensky appoints heads of SSU counterintelligence and military counterintelligence departments

According to Ukrinform, the relevant decree No. 269/2026, dated March 25, has been published on the President’s website.

“To appoint Serhii Hunkovsky as head of the Counterintelligence Department of the Security Service of Ukraine,” the document states.

In addition, by Decree No. 270/2026, the President appointed Viktor Zayets as head of the Military Counterintelligence Department of the SSU.

As reported by Ukrinform, on January 5, Zelensky instructed Yevhen Khmara to temporarily perform the duties of SBU Chairman.

March 25 is celebrated in Ukraine as SSU Day—the day the Verkhovna Rada adopted the Law “On the Security Service of Ukraine” (dated March 25, 1992). The holiday was established by a decree of President Leonid Kuchma on March 22, 2001.

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