 In his final year in that position, Radchenko was promoted to General of Army of Ukraine.Since 1996, he had been a member of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, a member of the Coordinated Committee for Combating Corruption and Organized Crime (since 1994), member of the Council for Protecting the National Cultural Heritage (since 1997), member of the Coordinated Council for Judicial Reforms under the President of Ukraine (since 1997).In April 1998, Volodymyr Radchenko wrote a letter of resignation due to personal reasons and became the first deputy of the Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council, Volodymyr Horbulin.