25-03-2025
Zelenskyy congratulates Ukraine's Security Service on its 33rd anniversary and grants brigadier general rank to two colonels
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has granted the rank of brigadier general to the heads of the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) offices in Mykolaiv and Sumy oblasts and awarded members of the special service on the occasion of the SSU's 33rd anniversary.
Source: decrees of 25 March; Office of the President; press service of SSU
Quote from the decrees: "To grant the military rank of brigadier general to Colonel Mykola Lysenko – Head of the Security Service of Ukraine Office in Mykolaiv Oblast.
To grant the military rank of brigadier general to Colonel Oleh Krasnoshapka – Head of the Security Service of Ukraine Office in Sumy Oblast."
Details: On 25 March 2025, the Security Service of independent Ukraine marked its 33rd anniversary.
Zelenskyy met with SSU personnel on the occasion, awarded them state honours and granted senior officer ranks.
In his address, Zelenskyy stated that over the years of this war, the SSU "has truly become a combat-ready special service – highly efficient and strong". He said that SSU fighters are engaged in all defence sectors, from Kursk and Kharkiv oblasts to the hottest front lines in Donetsk Oblast and the south of Ukraine.
Zelenskyy highlighted the achievements of the SSU and other Ukrainian security and defence forces in the battle for the Black Sea. Additionally, he emphasised the SSU's combat successes against Russia's oil refining industry and praised the service's efforts in maintaining internal security in Ukraine.
Meanwhile, SSU Head Vasyl Maliuk stressed in his congratulatory speech that the priority of the special service remains the elimination of as many enemies as possible and the liberation of Ukrainian land.
Quote from Maliuk: "Ukrainians have done this many times before, this time however with modern weapons and FPV drones instead of Cossack sabres. We have a strong genetic memory, fuelled by our desire for liberty and hatred for Russian executioners. And we have the desire to avenge our fallen comrades while also ensuring that our descendants are permanently immune to Muscovites."
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