Chief directorate of intelligence of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine (Ukrainian: Головне управління розвідки Міністерства оборони України ) or ГУР (HUR), is Ukraine's military intelligence service. It is a subdivision of country's Defence Ministry, and one of the successors of the Soviet GRU. Military intelligence (abbreviated MI, int. ... Soviet redirects here. ... Emblem of GRU spetsnaz GRU is the English transliteration of the Russian acronym ГРУ, which stands for Гла́вное Разве́дывательное Управле́ние (Glavnoe Razvedyvatelnoe Upravlenie), meaning Main Intelligence Directorate. ...

The Directorate was earlier headed by Ihor Smeshko, who later served as the Chief of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) (until 2005). The two agencies usually compete in their shadow political influence, and, supposedly, secret police and even foreign intelligence activities. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... A secret police (sometimes political police) force is a police organization that operates in secret to enforce state security. ...

In 2004, the SBU's Intelligence Department was reorganized into an independent agency called the Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine or SZR. It will be responsible for all kinds of intelligence as well as for external security. As of 2004, the exact functions of SZR, and the respective new responsibilities of HUR, were not regulated yet. 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Intelligence (abbreviated or ) is the process and the result of gathering information and analyzing it to answer questions or obtain advance warnings needed to plan for the future. ...

According to the anonymous media sources, the headquarters of HUR in Kiev is located on the Rybalskyi Isle of the Dnieper river. Motto: Oblast Municipality Municipal government City council (Київська Міська рада) Mayor Oleksandr Omelchenko Mayor-elect Leonid Chernovetsky Area 800 km² Population  - city  - urban  - density 2,660,401 100% 3,299/km² Founded City rights around 5th century 1487 Latitude Longitude Area code +380 44 Car plates AA (before 2004: КА,КВ,КЕ,КН,КІ) Sister cities Athens, Brussels... This article is about the river. ...

See also

• Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine
• The role of Ukrainian intelligence and security agencies in the Orange Revolution
• Military of Ukraine