Budanov Kyrylo Oleksiyovych

Head of the Office of the President since January 2, 2026 — former chief of the GUR, Hero of Ukraine

Kyrylo Budanov is one of the most influential Ukrainian security officials, whose career from special forces operative to head of the OPU encompasses more than most officials manage in a lifetime. From 2020 to 2025 — chief of the GUR, then head of the Office of the President by decree of Zelensky dated January 2, 2026. Hero of Ukraine (2024). Full recipient of the Order "For Courage". Declarations have not been published due to the wartime status of the GUR.

Accurate predictions and unsuccessful assassination attempts

Budanov predicted the full-scale invasion back in autumn 2021, specifying exact dates. He survived over ten assassination attempts: in April 2019, a mine was planted under his car that prematurely detonated — the perpetrator was detained. His wife Marianna was poisoned with heavy metals in November 2023.

The house of the organizer of "envelope" schemes and neighborhood with Hohilashvili

In December 2021, Bihus.Info and Slidstvo.Info reported that Budanov lived together with former Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs Oleksandr Hohilashvili — a person with a "Russian background" who caused a scandal at a checkpoint and lost his position — in the house of Diana Strelkovska, wife of Vyacheslav Strelkovsky, whom the media call the "organizer of envelope centers." No comments have been received from the GUR.

Wife in the UOC-MP monastery where a terrorist was hiding

His wife Marianna attended the UOC-MP monastery where, according to journalist Kovalov, the terrorist Lusvargi was hiding.