For almost 30 years he had been serving in senior positions of the foreign intelligence of Ukraine, a veteran of the ATO/JFO.

From 2016 till 2019 he served as Advisor to the Minister for Temporarily Occupied Territories and IDPs of Ukraine.

In the period from 2017 till 2019 he was a negotiator in the Minsk process for the peaceful settlement of the situation in the East of Ukraine (Trilateral Contact Group).

Competences and areas of interest: national security, activities of law enforcement and intelligence agencies, proliferation and illegal use of weapons.