State Border Guard Service of Ukraine

State Border Guard Service
Державна прикордонна служба
State Border Guard Service; Державна прикордонна служба
	Service insignia
	Service flag
Abbreviation	SBGS / ДПСУ
Agency overview
Formed	July 31, 2003
Preceding agency	State Border State Committee;
Employees	42,000 (2016)
Jurisdictional structure
National agency	Ukraine
Operations jurisdiction	Ukraine
General nature	Gendarmerie;
Specialist jurisdiction	National border patrol, security, and integrity.;
Operational structure
Headquarters	26, Volodymyrska st, Kyiv
Agency executive	Serhiy Deyneko, Head of the SBGS;
Child agency	Ukrainian Sea Guard;
Website
	http://dpsu.gov.ua/en/

State Border Guard Service of Ukraine headquarters in Kyiv.

State Border Guard Service of Ukraine (Ukrainian: Державна Прикордонна Служба України, Derzhavna Prykordonna Sluzhba Ukrayiny; abbr. ДПСУ, DPSU) or SBGS is the border guard of Ukraine. It is an independent law enforcement agency of special assignment, the head of which is subordinated to the President of Ukraine.

The Service was created on July 31, 2003 after the reorganization of the State Committee in Affairs for Protection the State Border. During wartime, units of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine fall under the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The State Border Guard Service of Ukraine includes the Ukrainian Sea Guard (the country's coast guard). It is also responsible for running "Temporary Detention Centres", in which refugees are held.

Structure[]

Components[]

Ground Forces
Sea Guard
Aerial support

Directors (Commanders) of Border Guard Service (Border Troops)[]

2019-present ^[4]
2017-2019 ^[5]^[6]
2014-2017 Viktor Nazarenko^[7]^[5]
2001-2014 Mykola Lytvyn^[7]
1999-2001
1994-1999 Viktor Bannykh
1991-1994 Valeriy Hubenko

Units[]

A Ukrainian border guard post on the Ukrainian-Polish border

A Ukrainian border control exit stamp from Kyiv's Boryspil Airport

Stenka-class patrol boat BG57 Mykolaiv

Typical border marker of Ukraine

Main Administrations

West Region (Lviv)
- Lviv border detachment
- Mostyska border detachment
- Mukacheve border detachment
- Chop border detachment
- Chernivtsi border detachment
- Clinic-hospital (Lviv)
- Canine Training Center (Velyki mosty)
North Region (Zhytomyr)
- Chernihiv border detachment
- Zhytomyr border detachment
- Lutsk border detachment
East Region (Kharkiv)
- Luhansk border detachment
- Donetsk border detachment
- Kharkiv border detachment
- Sumy border detachment
- Kharkiv separate aviation squadron
- Mariupol Sea Guard detachment (created in response to fears of Russian aggression in 2014)
South Region (Odessa)
- Odessa border detachment
- Kotovsk border detachment
- Mohyliv-Podilsky border detachment
- Bilhorod-Dnistrovsky border detachment
- Izmail border detachment
- Odessa Sea Guard detachment
- Odessa separate aviation squadron
- Izmail training detachment of Sea Guard
- Clinic-hospital (Odessa)
Azov-Black Sea Region (Simferopol), reorganized due to the 2014 Russian annexation of Crimea
- Simferopol border detachment (moved to Kherson)
- Berdiansk border detachment
- Kerch Sea Guard detachment (moved to Mariupol)
- Yalta Sea Guard detachment (disbanded)
- Sevastopol Sea Guard detachment (moved to Odessa)
Separate controlled border checkpoint "Kyiv"
10th Mobile border detachment

Supporting institutions[]

Separate Guard and Support Command
Main center of Communication, Automatization, and Information Protection
Information Agency
Main center of supporting development programs
Main Forensic Centre
State Archives
Training center
Science research institute
Khmelnytskyi National Academy
Central museum
Central hospital
Clinical sanatoriums: Prykordonyk, Arkadia
Children health center Pryberezhny
Center of health and recreation Pishchane
Academic ensemble of song and dance
Sports Committee

Temporary Detention Centres[]

Pavschino (Military Unit 2142)^[8]

History[]

Ukrainian border guards are the national successors of the Soviet Border Troops. They were formed from the approximately 17,000 Border Troops located in Ukraine in 1991. The organisation was first titled the "Ukrainian Border Troops", which was later subordinated to the "Ukraine's State Committee for State Border Guarding".

From 1991 to at least 1993, the new borders with Russia and Belarus were not guarded; the Border Troops were only deployed along the western borders (minus Moldova) and on the Black Sea.^[9] Another 9,000 personnel were added to the Border Troops at the expense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and, by the end of 1993, border posts were established in the north along the Russian and Belarusian borders. In 1999, the authorised strength of the force was again increased to 50,000.

In 2003, new legislation was adopted, and this somewhat changed the legal status of the institution. In March 2003, the Border Troops became the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine, and its status was legally changed from 'military formation' to 'special law-enforcement body.' The force was legally granted 50,000 personnel, including 8,000 civilian employees.

On 4 July 2012, a State Border Guard Service Diamond DA42 aircraft failed to make its scheduled radio contact with ground units. A Search and rescue mission revealed that the plane had crashed into a wooded mountainous area in Velykyi Bereznyi Raion, killing all 3 crew members on board. A further investigation was launched.^[10]

During The War in Donbas on August 31, 2014 two Sea Guard Zhuk class patrol boats where struck by land based artillery.

Military ranks[]

Uniform[]

Patch
Cockade
Officers cocarde
Privates cocarde

Long Service Medal[]

25 years in service
20 years in service
15 years in service
10 years in service

Equipment[]

Model	Image	Origin	Variant	Number	Details
MRAP
	Kozak	Ukraine Italy	Kozak-2	80	Ukraine is unable to produce the V-shape hull required so it will purchase them from Iveco Corporation.^{[clarification needed]}
		Canada Ukraine		9	Built under license at the KrAZ factory in Kremenchuk.
Vehicles
	KrAZ-6322 «Солдат»	Ukraine	truck	50
		Soviet Union	truck
		Russia	truck
	Ural-4320	Soviet Union	truck
	ZIL-131	Soviet Union	truck
	ZIL-130	Soviet Union	truck
	GAZ-66	Soviet Union	truck
	GAZ-3307	Russia	truck
		Soviet Union	truck
	MAZ-5335	Soviet Union	truck
	UAZ-3151	Russia	Off-road vehicle	100
	UAZ-3163	Russia	Off-road vehicle	^[11]
	Land Rover Defender	UK	Off-road vehicle	55^[12]^[13]
	Chevrolet Niva	Russia	Off-road vehicle	100
	Volkswagen Amarok	Germany	Off-road vehicle	20^[14]
	Toyota Land Cruiser 200	Japan	Off-road vehicle	20^[15]
	Dacia Duster	France/ Romania	Off-road vehicle	10^[16]
		Russia	Off-road vehicle	^[17]
	UAZ-3962	Russia
	GAZ-3221	Russia	bus
	Volkswagen Transporter	Germany	bus	10^[16]^[18]
	Volkswagen Crafter	Germany	bus	31
	Ford Transit	USA	bus	10^[19]
	Peugeot Boxer	France	bus
	Mercedes-Benz Vito	Germany
		Ukraine	bus
	Toyota Coaster	Japan	bus
	ЛАЗ-695	Soviet Union	bus	^[20]^[21]
Other vehicles
		Canada		100^[22]
		Canada		50^[23]
	Minsk (motorcycle)	Belarus		183
Aircraft
	Diamond DA40	Austria	TDI	5
	Diamond DA42	Austria	M-NG	4
	Antonov An-24	Soviet Union	RV	1
		France		2
	Antonov An-26	Soviet Union		1
	Mil Mi-8	Soviet Union	T/MT/MTV	5

References[]

^ Avakov announces large-scale "cleansing" among generals, UNIAN (17 August 2016)
^ "Official website of the authority.Contact Us". 2017.
^ "УКАЗ ПРЕЗИДЕНТА УКРАЇНИ №403/2019". Official website of the President of Ukraine (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2019-06-14.
^ Zelensky appoints new chief border guard, UNIAN (14 June 2019)
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Poroshenko appoints Head of Operations Department Tsyhykal as State Border Service chief, Interfax-Ukraine (25 July 2017)
^ Zelensky dismisses Tsyhykal from post of Head of State Border Guard of Ukraine, 112.international (31 May 2019)
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b President appoints Nazarenko as new border chief, Interfax-Ukraine (23 October 2014)
^ Council of Europe Anti-Torture Committee visits Ukraine accessed 21-08-07
^ Leonid Polyakov, 'Paramilitary Structures in Ukraine,' Almanac on Security Sector Governance in Ukraine 2010, 143-144, Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces.
^ Фотографии с места катастрофы самолета Diamond DA-42 в Закарпатье
^ Cпеціальні навчання мобільних підрозділів Archived 2015-02-15 at the Wayback Machine
^ Державна прикордонна служба України отримала сучасну автомобільну техніку та обладнання майже на 135 мільйонів гривень Archived 2015-02-13 at the Wayback Machine
^ МИНОБОРОНЫ, СБУ, МВД И ГОСПОГРАНСЛУЖБА УКРАИНЫ ПОЛУЧИЛИ ОТ ГОСУДАРСТВА НОВЫЕ АВТОМОБИЛИ СКОРОЙ МЕДИЦИНСКОЙ ПОМОЩИ Archived 2015-02-24 at the Wayback Machine
^ «ЗакарпатевроТранс II» переоборудовал авто на спецзаказ от Госпогранслужбы Archived 2016-01-16 at the Wayback Machine
^ Пограничникам подарили бронированные Volkswagen и Toyota Archived 2015-02-15 at the Wayback Machine
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Львівські прикордонники отримали сучасну техніку від ЄС (фоторепортаж) Archived 2015-03-27 at the Wayback Machine
^ Прикордонники їдуть на східний кордон
^ Украинские пограничники пересядут на новые busы Volkswagen
^ Автомобили Ford Transit - на защите границ Украины
^ bus ЛАЗ-695Н "ДПСУ" возле Южного вокзала
^ Закарпатці повернулися із пекла війни (ФОТО)
^ В Государственной пограничной службе Украины подвели годовые итоги и определили основные направления деятельности в 2013 году Archived 2014-03-22 at the Wayback Machine
^ Харьковские пограничники отметили 20-летие Восточного управления погранслужбы

External links[]

[1] Avakov announces large-scale "cleansing" among generals, UNIAN (17 August 2016)

[2] "Official website of the authority.Contact Us". 2017.

[3] "УКАЗ ПРЕЗИДЕНТА УКРАЇНИ №403/2019". Official website of the President of Ukraine (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2019-06-14.

[4] Zelensky appoints new chief border guard, UNIAN (14 June 2019)

[Poroshenko_appoints_Head_of_Operations_Department_Tsyhykal_as_State_Border_Service_chief-5] Jump up to: ^a ^b Poroshenko appoints Head of Operations Department Tsyhykal as State Border Service chief, Interfax-Ukraine (25 July 2017)

[6] Zelensky dismisses Tsyhykal from post of Head of State Border Guard of Ukraine, 112.international (31 May 2019)

[President_appoints_Nazarenko_as_new_border_chief-7] Jump up to: ^a ^b President appoints Nazarenko as new border chief, Interfax-Ukraine (23 October 2014)

[8] Council of Europe Anti-Torture Committee visits Ukraine accessed 21-08-07

[9] Leonid Polyakov, 'Paramilitary Structures in Ukraine,' Almanac on Security Sector Governance in Ukraine 2010, 143-144, Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces.

[10] Фотографии с места катастрофы самолета Diamond DA-42 в Закарпатье

[11] Cпеціальні навчання мобільних підрозділів Archived 2015-02-15 at the Wayback Machine

[autogenerated8-12] Державна прикордонна служба України отримала сучасну автомобільну техніку та обладнання майже на 135 мільйонів гривень Archived 2015-02-13 at the Wayback Machine

[autogenerated9-13] МИНОБОРОНЫ, СБУ, МВД И ГОСПОГРАНСЛУЖБА УКРАИНЫ ПОЛУЧИЛИ ОТ ГОСУДАРСТВА НОВЫЕ АВТОМОБИЛИ СКОРОЙ МЕДИЦИНСКОЙ ПОМОЩИ Archived 2015-02-24 at the Wayback Machine

[14] «ЗакарпатевроТранс II» переоборудовал авто на спецзаказ от Госпогранслужбы Archived 2016-01-16 at the Wayback Machine

[15] Пограничникам подарили бронированные Volkswagen и Toyota Archived 2015-02-15 at the Wayback Machine

[autogenerated6-16] Jump up to: ^a ^b Львівські прикордонники отримали сучасну техніку від ЄС (фоторепортаж) Archived 2015-03-27 at the Wayback Machine

[17] Прикордонники їдуть на східний кордон

[autogenerated12-18] Украинские пограничники пересядут на новые busы Volkswagen

[19] Автомобили Ford Transit - на защите границ Украины

[20] us ЛАЗ-695Н "ДПСУ" возле Южного вокзала

[21] Закарпатці повернулися із пекла війни (ФОТО)

[autogenerated18-22] В Государственной пограничной службе Украины подвели годовые итоги и определили основные направления деятельности в 2013 году Archived 2014-03-22 at the Wayback Machine

[autogenerated14-23] Харьковские пограничники отметили 20-летие Восточного управления погранслужбы

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