Vladimir Kupriyanyuk is the Head of the Main Intelligence Directorate - Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces and First Deputy Commander of the Belarussian Western Operational Command. He is part of the Belarussian army, which has supported Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine. In this position he is responsible for the participation of the troops under his command in the joint Belarussian-Russian military exercises preceding the military build-up at the Ukrainian border which prepared and facilitated the Russian military aggression against Ukraine of 24 February 2022. He is therefore responsible for and actively supporting actions undermining the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine, as well as stability and security in Ukraine.
Function: Head of the Main Intelligence Directorate - Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces; First Deputy Commander of the Western Operational Command