Editing Security Service of Ukraine (section)

===2005–2010===
In 2005, soon after the elections, sacked SBU Chief Smeshko and other intelligence agents stated their own version of the revolution's events. They claimed to have prevented [[Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine|militsiya]] from violently suppressing the protests, contradicting the orders of President Kuchma and threatening ''militsiya'' with armed involvement of SBU's [[special forces]] units. This story was first described by the American journalist C.J. Chivers of ''[[The New York Times]]'' and has never been supported with documents or legally.{{Citation needed|date=February 2022}}

An episode of human rights abuse by SBU happened during the case of [[serial killer]] [[Anatoly Onoprienko]]. Yuriy Mozola, an initial suspect in the investigation, died in SBU custody in [[Lviv]] as a result of [[torture]]. Several agents were convicted in the case.<ref name=UNHCR090717 /> The SBU remains a political controversial subject in Ukrainian politics.<ref name=IFUA081226 />
[[File:SBU agents in Kramatorsk, April 2014.png|thumb|SBU agents provide security during the [[Battle of Kramatorsk]], April 2014.]]