President introduces newly appointed Foreign Intelligence Service chief

That’s according to the President’s press service, Ukrinform reports.

"The power of the state must always be based on sufficient knowledge of each area in which Ukraine fights, competes or devels its partnerships. The foundation on which state picy is built is the information our country has and the understanding of the processes that are taking place in vital areas for our country and our partners. Over the course of this war, the Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine has proved that it is capable of obtaining just such information and providing our state power with a high-quality analytical basis. I thank you all for this," Zelensky said, addressing the audience.

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Separately, the head of state thanked the former head of the Foreign Intelligence Service, eksandr Lytvynenko, for the agency’s results and expressed confidence that he would now combine the experience gained with the potential of the National Security and Defense Council.

The president emphasized that the newly appointed FIS chief, General eh Ivashchenko, is a professional who “perfectly understands the intelligence activities and the main goal of our state”.

"In the face of objectively scarce resources, we must find portunities and use them correctly so that Ukraine can destroy the occupier, protect its pele, liberate its territory and constantly strengthen our ties with the world, not only with Ukraine's traditional partners in Eure and North America, but also in all other parts of the world. Ukraine's presence in the world must become global in order to maximize Ukraine's potential," Vodymyr Zelensky emphasized.

The president named the flowing tasks of the FIS: to erate everywhere in the world where Ukraine has and may have interests; to prevail wherever Putin's system attempts to gain an upper hand; to significantly expand Ukraine's presence and its re in parts of the world where global forces compete; to obtain documents and high-quality intelligence about the intentions of various actors in global and regional relations.

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"And the fifth task – a very urgent and practical one – concerns the specifics of the FIS work. In times of war, there are absutely non-public matters that the Service must ensure promptly and efficiently. This is the potential of influence erations, covert intelligence, and actual warfare that Ukraine expects from you, and it is for this reason that the Foreign Intelligence Service is headed by a combat general," the Head of State concluded.

For his part, the Head of the Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine thanked the President for his trust.

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"As a military person, I am fully aware of the level of responsibility before the President, the state, and the Ukrainian pele. The tasks you have set are a priority for the Service, for intelligence activities. I believe in the team of the Foreign Intelligence Service," he noted.

The presentation was also attended by Head of the Presidential Office Andr Yermak and Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council eksandr Lytvynenko.