Dear servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, employees of the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine!

Please accept my sincere congratulations on the Day of the Armed Forces of Ukraine!

This is a holiday of strong and courageous people who have been heroically defending our state for the last and seventeenth day. The united, well-equipped, motivated soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are resisting terror and russia's hybrid invasion.

After all, to restore the status of a superpower and build up its militaristic power, the russian scum has directed its imperialist, aggressive, existential war not only to seize territory but also to destroy Ukrainian statehood, our national identity, and genocide of the Ukrainian people. But, according to Pylyp Orlyk, no matter how great moscow's violence is, it does not give muscovites any legal right to Ukraine.

I am proud of the military intelligence officers who, together with representatives of other components of the defense forces, mercilessly destroy the occupiers, perform complex tasks - from strategic intelligence to combat operations to liberate Ukrainian lands, as well as carry out special missions in the occupied territories and behind enemy lines, undermining the military and economic potential of the aggressor.

Eternal glory to the heroes who gave their lives for an independent, united Ukraine!

I am confident that we will win peace by force and triumphantly reach our internationally recognized borders. Evil will be defeated and punished!

Together to Victory!

Glory to the Armed Forces of Ukraine!

Glory to Ukraine!

Chief of the Defence Intelligence
of Ukraine
Lieutenant GeneralKyrylo Budanov