Zelenskyy appoints new head of SBU Counterintelligence Department

Zelenskyy appoints new head of SBU Counterintelligence Department

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Andriy Tupikov has been appointed the new head of the SBU's Counterintelligence Department by Presidential decree. Tupikov is a major in the Ministry of Internal Affairs and a holder of the Order of Danylo Halytskyi for courage in the defense of Ukraine.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has appointed Andriy Tupikov as head of the SBU's Counterintelligence Department, UNN reports.

"To appoint Andriy Anatoliyovych Tupikov as the head of the Counterintelligence Department of the Security Service of Ukraine," the decree reads.

Tupikov is a major in the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine. On August 13, 2015, he was awarded the Order of Danylo Halytskyi for personal courage and heroism in the defense of state sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine, loyalty to the military oath during hostilities and in the performance of official duties.

Addendum

Previously, Oleksandr Poklad was the head of the SBU Counterintelligence Department. 

In 2023, Zelenskyy appointed him deputy head of the SBU.