Editing Security Service of Ukraine (section)

{{Short description|Internal security agency in Ukraine}}
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| agency_name     = Security Service of Ukraine
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| nativename_a    = Служба безпеки України
| seal            = Security Service of Ukraine Emblem.svg
| seal_size       = 150px
| seal_caption    = Emblem of the Security Service
| logo            = Flag of the Security Service of Ukraine.svg
| logo_size       = 150px
| logo_caption    = Flag of the Security Service
| formed          = {{start date and age|df=y|1991|9|20}}
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| jurisdiction    = [[Government of Ukraine]]
| headquarters    = 32–35, Volodymyrska Street, [[Kyiv]], 01034<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sbu.gov.ua/sbu/control/en/publish/article?art_id=82595&cat_id=83653 |title=Official website of the authority. Contact Us. |date=2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170313130957/http://www.sbu.gov.ua/sbu/control/en/publish/article?art_id=82595&cat_id=83653 |archive-date=March 13, 2017}}</ref>
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| employees       = 29,000 (November 2017)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://m.glavcom.ua/news/u-sbu-rozpovili-skilki-spivrobitnikiv-pracyuje-v-specsluzhbi--454212.html|title=У СБУ розповіли, скільки співробітників працює в спецслужбі|website=glavcom.ua|date=November 25, 2017 |access-date=April 30, 2018}}</ref><br />30,000 (February 2014)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://rieas.gr/images/tarask.pdf |title=The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) |access-date=February 10, 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141020081955/http://rieas.gr/images/tarask.pdf |archive-date=October 20, 2014}}</ref>
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| chief1_name     = [[Vasyl Malyuk]]<ref name="64530447Malyuk">{{cite web |title=Малюк став повноцінним головою СБУ. Чим відомий борець з "агентурою в рясах" |language=uk |trans-title=The kid became a full-fledged head of the SBU. What is the fighter with the "agency in cassocks" known for? |url=https://www.bbc.com/ukrainian/features-64530447 |website=[[BBC Ukrainian]]|date=7 February 2023 }}</ref>
| chief1_position = [[Head of the Security Service of Ukraine]]
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| parent_agency   = [[President of Ukraine]]
| child1_agency   = [[Alpha Group (Ukraine)|Spechrupa A]]
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| website         = [https://ssu.gov.ua/en/ Official website]
| footnotes       = Overseen by the Presidential Commissioner
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{{History of State Security of Ukraine}}
[[File:CI Dep of SSU.png|thumb|upright|Logo of the Counter-Intelligence Department]]
[[File:ГУ -К- СБУ.svg|thumb|upright|Department "K" (Fights corruption and organized crime)]]
[[File:ГСУ СБУ.jpeg|thumb|upright|Badge of the Investigation Administration]]
{{Politics of Ukraine}}

The '''Security Service of Ukraine''' ({{langx|uk|Служба безпеки України|translit=Sluzhba bezpeky Ukrainy}} {{IPA|uk|ˈsɫuʒbɐ bezˈpɛke ʊkrɐˈjine|}}; abbreviated as '''SBU'''{{efn|{{langx|uk|СБУ}}}} or '''SSU''') is the main [[Internal security|internal]] [[security agency]] of the [[Government of Ukraine|Ukrainian government]]. Its main duties include [[counter-intelligence]] activity and combating [[organized crime]] and [[terrorism]]. The [[Constitution of Ukraine]] defines the SBU as a military formation, and its staff are considered military personnel with ranks. It is subordinated directly under the authority of the [[president of Ukraine]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=SSU reform |url=https://ssu.gov.ua/en/reforma-ssu |access-date=2022-07-22 |website=SSU |language=en |quote=The Constitution of Ukraine defines the status of the SSU as a military institution.}}</ref> The SBU also operates its own [[Special forces of Ukraine|special forces]] unit, the [[Alpha Group (Ukraine)|Alpha Group]].

The SBU was created after the [[Declaration of Independence of Ukraine]] in 1991. The agency was viewed negatively by the Ukrainian public for much of its history, as it was widely regarded as corrupt and was best known for arresting and intimidating political dissidents. After the [[Revolution of Dignity]] in 2014, the SBU went through a restructuring with the transition to the new government, because of its corruption and possible infiltration by [[intelligence agencies of Russia]].<ref name="voausb26715" />

The SBU has since been involved in operations against [[Russia]], [[Russian separatist forces in Donbas|pro-Russian separatists in Donbas]] and other Russian sympathizers after the start of the [[War in Donbas (2014–2022)|war in Donbas]] and the wider [[Russo-Ukrainian War]].<ref name=":0" />