Vasyl_Hrytsak

Vasyl Hrytsak

Vasyl Hrytsak

Ukrainian security officer


Vasyl Serhiiovych Hrytsak (Ukrainian: Василь Сергійович Грицак; born 14 January 1967) is a Ukrainian serviceman, army general, and the fourteenth head of the Security Service of Ukraine. Founder and chairman of the supervisory board of the Ukrainian Center for Analytics and Security. Head of the Security Service of Ukraine (2015–2019). Member of the National Security and Defense Council (2015–2019).[4] General of the Army of Ukraine.[5]

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Biography

Vasyl Hrytsak was born on January 14, 1967, in the village of Bushcha, Dubno district, Rivne region, the USSR. He graduated from Smyha Secondary School in 1984.[6] In 1992 he graduated from Lesia Ukrainka Lutsk State Pedagogical University, majoring in history. In 1993 and 1997 Hrytsak graduated from the courses at the Institute of Personnel Training of the Security Service of Ukraine, in 1998 and 2006 – he graduated the courses at the National Academy of the Security Service of Ukraine.[7]

Career

After serving in the Armed Forces, in 1990 he continued his military service in the security services (sergeant). From 1991 to 1999 Vasyl Hrytsak served in operational and managerial positions in the department of protection of national statehood of the SBU in the Rivne region.

From 1999 to 2000 he was the deputy head of the Department of National Statehood of the Department of National Statehood Protection and Counter-Terrorism.

From 2000 to 2004, he was the head of the Department of National Statehood of the Department of National Statehood Protection and Counter-Terrorism.

From 2004 to 2005, he was the Deputy Head of the Counterintelligence Department for Combating Terrorism of the department for the Protection of National Statehood and the Fight against Terrorism. [8]

From May 24, 2005[9] to December 28, 2006[10] he was the head of the Kyiv Regional Department of the Security Service of Ukraine (the SBU).[11]

From December 28, 2006[12] по 11 квітня 2008[13] to April 11, 2008 [14] he is the Head of Kyiv City Department of the Security Service of Ukraine.[15]

From April 11, 2008[16] to June 4, 2009[17] he headed the Main Department of the Security Service of Ukraine in Kyiv and Kyiv region.[18]

From June 4, 2009[19] to December 11, 2009 - the deputy chairman of the Security Service of Ukraine, the Head of the Main Department for Combating Corruption and Organized Crime of the SBU.

From December 11, 2009[20] to March 12, 2010[21] - the First Deputy Chairman of the Security Service of Ukraine, the Head of the Main Directorate for Combating Corruption and Organized Crime of the SBU.[22]

Hrytsak was fired from senior positions in the SBU without being removed from the personnel lists in March, 2010.

Since July 7, 2014, he has been of the SBU.[23]

Since July 7, 2014, he has been the head of the SBU Anti-Terrorist Center.[24]

According to media reports, Colonel-General Hrytsak with officers of Alpha Group, often went on combat missions.[25][26]

The SBU Career

On June 18, 2015, Vasyl Hrytsak was appointed acting head of the Security Service of Ukraine. On July 2, 2015, Hrytsak was appointed as the Head of the Security Service of Ukraine. The appointment was supported by 340 deputies of the Verkhovna Rada.[27] By the Decree of the President of Ukraine No. 410/2015 it was introduced into the personnel of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine. On March 25, 2016, he was promoted to General of the Army of Ukraine.[28]

On 22 May 2019 newly elected President Volodymyr Zelensky appointed Ivan Bakanov Hrytsak's first deputy chairman of the SBU. Following this Hrytsak went on vacation, and Bakanov began to perform his duties. Hrytsak never returned to his post in the SBU and Zelensky officially appointed Bakanov as his successor on 29 August 2019.[29]

Operations

In December 1999, Vasyl Hrytsak with a support of the SBU and the FSB personally detained Serhiy Ivanchenko, who was the organizer of a terrorist attack against Ukrainian presidential candidate Nataliya Vitrenko.[30] On July 22, 2009, Oleksiy Pukach, former head of the External Monitoring Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, was detained and taken to Kyiv under the direction and with the personal participation of Vasyl Hrytsak in Zhytomyr Region.[31]

On August 14, 2014, the first official exchange of staff took place in the area of the anti-terrorist operation led by Vasyl Hrytsak.[32]

In April 2015, Hrytsak, as the first deputy head of the SBU and the head of the SBU anti-terrorist center, led a large-scale special operation in Odesa. Under his leadership a group of saboteurs of 27 men who prepared the creation of "Odesa People's Republic" was detained.[33]

In 2016, the SBU warned of a series of terrorist attacks in France that could occur at the European Football Championship "Euro-2016". The member of the French Senate Natalie Gule personally thanked Vasyl Hrytsak for his contribution to preventing terrorist attacks during the European Football Championship.[34][35][36][37]

During 2016-2017, SBU units led by Hrytsak prevented 22 terrorist acts and detained 62 people.[38]

In 2018, Hrytsak announced that the SBU had opened a case of a terrorist attack near the building of the Espresso Canal, which took place in October 2017. The SBU, led by Hrytsak, investigated Wagner Group activities in eastern Ukraine such as the downing of the IL 76 with Ukrainian paratroopers on board, the storming of Luhansk airport, the storming of Debaltseve and other settlements.[39][40][41][42][43]

Awards and honors

2019).[44]

  • Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise V degree (December 1, 2016).[45]
  • Order of Merit; I degree (2009).
  • Order "For Merits" II degree (August 20, 2007 ).
  • Order "For Merits" of the III degree (March 18, 2002)[46][47]
  • Badge "Honorary Distinction of the Security Service of Ukraine&quot.[48]
  • Diploma of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine.

Personal life

His wife, Olha Volodymyrivna Hrytsak, is the head a food supply company.[49] His son, Oleh Vasylovych Hrytsak, is the Deputy Prosecutor of the Poltava region (as of 2018).[50]


References

  1. Until 2 July 2015 he was acting
  2. "Глава СБУ подал в отставку". РИА Новости. 20 May 2019. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
  3. "Порошенко присвоїв Грицаку звання генерала армії" [Poroshenko awarded to Hrytsak the rank of General of the Army]. Ukrayinska Pravda (in Ukrainian). 26 March 2016. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  4. Decree of the President of Ukraine from 10 липня 2015 year № 410/2015 «Про зміни у складі Ради національної безпеки і оборони України» (in Ukrainian)
  5. Decree of the President of Ukraine from 25 березня 2016 year № 111/2016 «Про присвоєння військових звань» (in Ukrainian)
  6. "Биография Василия Грицака" (in Russian). РИА Новости. 2015-07-01.
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  9. "Василий Грицак: досье, обещания, рейтинг » Слово и Дело". Слово и Дело (in Russian). 27 December 2019. Retrieved 2021-11-18.
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  14. "Пукач разводил коров в селе на Житомирщине". ukraine.segodnya.ua (in Russian). Retrieved 2021-11-23.
  15. Цензор.НЕТ. "Пять минут из жизни генерала Грицака". Цензор.НЕТ (in Russian). Retrieved 2021-11-18.
  16. "Kyiv Says French National Arrested In Ukraine Planned 15 Terrorist Attacks". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. 6 June 2016. Retrieved 2021-11-18.
  17. "Frenchman 'planned attacks during Euro 2016' - Ukraine's SBU". BBC News. 2016-06-06. Retrieved 2021-11-18.
  18. "СБУ за півроку запобігла 22 терактам". www.ukrinform.ua (in Ukrainian). 31 October 2017. Retrieved 2021-11-18.
  19. "Грицак, Василий Сергеевич" (in Russian). dosye.info. Retrieved 2014-07-08.
  20. "Кто такой Василий Грицак: 10 фактов из биографии и.о. главы СБУ". Новини України - #Букви. 2015-06-22. Retrieved 2021-11-25.
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