Editing Security Service of Ukraine (section)

==Organization==
The general structure and operational methods of SBU appear to be very similar to that of its predecessor (KGB of [[Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic]]) with exception of [[Ukrainian Border Guard]]s and department responsible for security of high-rank state officials. Both of them became independent institutions. However, the SBU keeps under its control special operation [[Alpha Group (Ukraine)|Alpha]] units with bases in every Ukrainian province. According to British political expert [[Taras Kuzio]] the organizational structure of SBU remains bloated in size compared to its predecessor, the Soviet Ukrainian KGB, with the total number of active officers being as high as 30,000 personnel. It is six times larger than the British domestic [[MI5]] and external [[MI6]] combined.<ref name=kuzio>{{cite book |last=Kuzio|first=Taras|date=2015 |title=Ukraine. Democratization, Corruption and the New Russian Imperialism |pages=467|chapter= The Security Service (SBU)|publisher=Bloomsbury Academic |isbn= 978-1-4408-3502-5}}</ref>

===Structure===
* Central Apparatus (consists of some 25 departments)
** Main Directorate on Corruption and Organized Crime Counteraction
* Regional Departments of the SBU (26 departments)
* Special Department
* [[Anti-Terrorist Center (Ukraine)|Anti-Terrorist Center]] cooperates with numerous ministries and other state agencies such as the Ministry of Interior, Ministry of Defense, Ministry of Emergencies, State Border Guard Service, and others.
* Educational Institutions
** {{Not translated|National Academy of the Security Service of Ukraine|uk|Національна академія Служби безпеки України|be|Нацыянальная акадэмія Службы бяспекі Украіны}}
** Institute in preparation of Service Personnel at the National Law Academy of Yaroslav the Wise 
** Other educational institutions
* Military Counter-intelligence
* State Archives of the SBU
* [[Alpha Group (Ukraine)|Special Group "Alpha"]]