A Congress of the veterans of intelligence of Ukraine

8 December 2008
On the 6 of December, in the day of the 17th anniversary of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the public association "The Association of the veterans of intelligence of Ukraine" held its 6th Congress for reporting and election.

The work of the Congress has started with a minute of silence to commemorate a famous intelligence officer Major-General Chernih Mitrofan Uhimovich, who passed away recently.

The Congress was opened by the Head of the public association "The Association of the veterans of intelligence of Ukraine", retired Lieutenant-General Volodimir Legominov, who summed up in his report the results of the 3-years-long activity of the Association.

In the course of the Congress other important issues have been reviewed: elections to the leading organs, changes to the Statute, defining the most efficient directions of the activity for the next year.  

It is worth mentioning, that for the first time the acting Chief of the Defense Intelligence of Ukraine Major-General V.Gvozd' took part in the work of the Congress. In his speech he mentioned: "Recently the cooperation between the Defense Intelligence and the Association of the veterans has become more effective. Two joint meetings of the Association's Council on legal and social protection of the veterans were held with the presence of the commanding staff of the Defense Intelligence, there were also joint events in the sphere of patriotic education of the young generation of defense intelligence servicemen, and other different events". 

After the completion of the work of the Congress the choir of the Defense Intelligence of Ukraine "A Charm" gave a concert for the participants.