Since the beginning of the Russian Federation's armed aggression against our state, in addition to military, political and special measures, the Kremlin leaders have been paying special attention to information and psychological operations.

The purpose of such operations is comprehensive impact on the population of Ukraine, which includes attempts to discredit the representatives of top state and military leadership of our state.

For this purpose fake news, documents, rumors, gossips are spread on the Russian, pro-Russian information resources, allegedly credible materials are thrown in, which testify to professional incompetence, corruption or some shameful or "treacherous" actions of domestic leaders. They act in the same way through agents of influence in the territory of Ukraine.

A special and always desirable goal of Dzerzhynskyi's descendants is representatives of the leadership of the domestic special services, including the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine, who proved indomitable will to advance the national interests of our state by their practical actions and preparedness to lay down souls and lives for our freedom.

So, in December this year, one of the units of the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine intercepted a conversation between two representatives of the Russian Federal Security Service, who were in Simferopol and Donetsk, respectively, and discussed the searching for information about Chief of the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine Colonel Kyrylo Budanov and its transferring to the Russian FSB, specializing in special and sabotage operations.

Knowing that this communication channel has been already recorded, the DIU has published an audio file of the conversation and has informed that the interlocutors are former employees of the Crimean SBU Headquarters who betrayed the oath and joined the FSB (https://youtu.be/QaMZWyDW3q0):

Sklianko Oleksandr Mykolayovych, born on August 5, 1973, a former head Deputy Head of the Department of Counterintelligence Protection of the State’s Interests in the Sphere of Information Security of the State Security Service of Ukraine in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea;

Chernykh Mykola Serhiyovych, born on October 12, 1978, a former head Deputy Head of the Department of Counterintelligence Protection of the State’s Interests in the Sphere of Information Security of the State Security Service of Ukraine in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea.

At proper time, he made “particular contribution” to documenting and stopping “computer crimes”.

Unfortunately, there are many examples of betrayal in Ukraine by former officers of the Ukrainian special services. Military intelligence once again reminds them, as well as all Russian war criminals, of the inevitability of punishment for their crimes.