In June 2018, Ukraine’s parliament adopted the Law on National Security, with the help of the United States and other international partners, including NATO and the European Union. Among other things, the law set the frame for the functions of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) and opened the door for comprehensive reform of that institution. The Rada now should move to adopt a new law on the SBU to implement real reform of the security service, whose roots go back to the Soviet KGB.
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Oleksandra Ustinova, Steven Pifer: Time to play hardball with Ukraine’s SBU
Ukraine's SBU security service chief Vasyl Hrytsak speaks to media during a press conference in Kyiv on June 6, 2016.
