Ukrainian Political and Civil Organization "Strength and Honor" will fight to be elected in parliamentary elections in Ukraine.  Ukrainian parliamentary elections will be held July 21, 2019

Igor Smeshko has been a constant leader and inspirer "Strength  and Honor" for years.

Strength and Honor Civic Movement  is a  Ukrainian   political party  led by  Ihor Smeshko.

In the first quarter of 2019 the party's financial report stated that the party accounts had only 40 thousand  Ukrainian Hryvnias  (about 1200  Euro). The report also stated that the party had 14 local organizations, none of which had its own bank account and since the report stated the party had not paid salaries they had to be run by volunteers, or nobody at all.

The top 10 of the party list for the July  2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election  included Smeshko himself, former minister in the  Azarov Government   Volodymyr Semynozhenko, incumbent MP's  Olena Sotnyk,  Iryna Sysoyenko  and  Refat Chubarov  and former commander of the  Ukrainian army   Volodymyr Zamana

Ihor Smeshko holds a doctorate in Military Cybernetics and served as professor of information systems and systems analysis, publishing over 100 papers. In 1992, he became secretary of the Science Advisory Council of the  Ukrainian Ministry of Defense. That same year he was reassigned as Defense Attache to the Ukrainian Embassy in  Washington D.C.  where he spent 4 years. While there he negotiated a memorandum of military cooperation with the  United States  during that time. In 1995, Smeshko was awarded a general's star and recalled to Ukraine to lead the president's committee on intelligence, which he did for 3 years. In 1997, Smeshko was appointed  Chief Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine where he uncovered "massive fraud" in weapons end-user certificate production indicative of arms trafficking at the SBU, then headed by  Leonid Derkach. Smeshko implemented stricter controls, particularly for the  Kolchuga air defense system.

In 2000, facing political attacks organized by the SBU, Smeshko resigned from his post as head of the Military Intelligence Directorate and assumed the post of Defense Attache to  Switzerland, a demotion. In this position, he negotiated a memorandum of military cooperation with Switzerland. In 2002, Smeshko completed a masters in Military Administration and a Law Degree from  Shevchenko University in Kyiv. In late 2002,  Leonid Kuchma  asked Smeshko to return to Ukraine to assist him in handling accusations made by the  U.S. State Department  that Ukraine had sold the Kolchuga system to  Iraq. Later that year, Derkach was fired and Smeshko was appointed head of the SBU.

Smeshko was instrumental in the prevention of military action against the  civil protests in late 2004 . He demanded General Popkov stop his efforts to crack down on the protesters, as the General was mustering 10,000 troops to do so. The SBU and the military intelligence directorate worked to block the  fraudulent ascension  of  Viktor Yanukovich , supporting  Viktor Yushchenko . In 2005, Yushchenko fired Smeshko from the SBU.

In 2014 President Petro Poroshenko appointed Smeshko as his adviser.Subsequently, he led the Intelligence Committee under the President. Smeshko speaks fluent English, German and French.

According to a report by Frontpage Magazine, Smeshko provided US intelligence officials an information that Iraqi chemical weapons had been moved outside of Iraq by Russian Spetznaz forces.

The main issues to be solved by the political party "Strength and Honor": 

1. Protection of national security and defense of the state
   2. Reformation of the state mechanism (creation of a powerful system of checks and balances)
   3. Overcoming the internal crisis (the consensus of political forces)
   4. Overcoming the economic downturn
   5. The final change of the foreign policy course of the state
   6. Elimination of corruption
   7. Agrarian reforms
   8. Improving the level of education, science and culture
   9. Health and environmental protection
   10. Creating a powerful mechanism for patriotic education
   11. Improvement of social policy
   12. Separately highlight the problem of reconciliation of the Ukrainian people: the main goal - to reach consensus within the state, destroying any manifestations of anti-Ukrainian influence from the territory of hostile subjects of international law.

Our Cause

"Strength and Honor" fights against corporate-clan politics and is funded exclusively by supporters and friends. At the moment, we are asking for help from the international community to support democratic institutions in Ukraine.
Separate problem - financing of a complex of measures to destroy anti-Ukrainian influence from territory of enemy subjects of international law

Ukrainian parliamentary elections will be held July 21, 2019

We Need To Raise Money For:

1. Active organization of campaigning posts
2. Uninterrupted operation of office space
3. Organization of public presentations
4. Organization of educational meetings and forums
5. Running an active online campaign
6. Launch educational democratic events

With your international support, we can achieve tremendous results. Support the campaign and share with friends. Help Ukraine to become better with "Strength and Honor"!