State Border Guard Service of Ukraine

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The State Border Guard Service of Ukraine (Template:Abbr. SBGSU; Template:Langx, Script error: No such module "IPA".; abbr.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Template:Langx) is the border guard of Ukraine. It is an independent law enforcement agency, organized by the Constitution of Ukraine as a military formation, the head of which is subordinated to the President of Ukraine.[1]

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

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 organization 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.[2] 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 authorized 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.[3]

During The War in Donbas on August 31, 2014, two Sea Guard Zhuk class patrol boats were struck by land-based artillery. In June 2, a border base in the outskirts of Luhansk was besieged by a troop of Luhansk People's Republic separatists. The Siege of the Luhansk Border Base resulted in 10 wounded Border Guards until they surrendered and withdrew.[4][5]

In 2022, during the Battle of Snake Island 13 border troops were attacked and captured by Russian warships. A unit of border guards was stationed in Mariupol and fought during the Siege of Mariupol. In 20 April, the border guards were stranded in an encircled pocket at the Mariupol sea port together with National Police of Ukraine, until they were rescued by the Azov Regiment and retreated into the Azovstal Iron and Steel Works.[6]

On 30 April 2024, Andriy Demchenko, spokesperson of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine, said in an interview that 30 Ukrainians have died trying to leave since February 2024 when conscription was introduced. Since the implementation of martial law some 450 criminal gangs have been formed specialising in people smuggling.[7][8]

In April 2024, was announced the creation of the third combat brigade in the State Border Guard Service. The brigade was named Hart and Colonel Volodymyr Chervonenko became its commander.[9]

Structure

State Border Guard Service of Ukraine is a special enforcement branch tasked with the protection of Ukrainian state border on land, sea or any other inland water obstacle.[10] During wartime, the Border Guards units fall under the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.[11] They were the first Ukrainian units to counter Russian invasion on February 24, 2022.[12]

Mobile response units

Border detachments

Maritime Security

Aviation

Volunteer Units

  • Cossack Regiment Shevchenko
  • Special Purpose Battalion Sever

Commanders

Directors (commanders) of the Border Guard Service (border troops):

Military ranks

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Uniform

Long service medal

Equipment

Model Image Origin Variant Number Details
Anti-tank
Stugna-P File:Stugna (ATGM) 00.04.049.jpg Script error: No such module "flag". [16]
NLAW File:NLAW Kokonaisturvallisuus 2015 01 (cropped).JPG Script error: No such module "flag".
Script error: No such module "flag". 		Several hundred Used by the Luhansk border guards.[17]
SPG-9 File:Миколаївські десантники підвищили бойові навички під час тактичних навчань взводів (42686411294).jpg Script error: No such module "flag".
Script error: No such module "flag". 		SPG-9M
ATGL-H 		Bulgarian made rifles are also used.[18]
Artillery
DITA File:DITA 155mm SPGH MSPO21.jpg Script error: No such module "flag". First shown by the SBGS in January 2025[19][20]
BS-3 File:BS-3-batey-haosef-1.jpg Script error: No such module "flag". Reactivated after the 2022 Russian invasion.[21]
RAK-12 File:VLR 128 mm RAK 12 M91 080810 24.jpg Template:CRO RAK-SA-12 [22]
ZU-23-2 File:ZU-23-2 AA System "Sergey"; Dnipro, Ukraine; 28.08.19.jpg Script error: No such module "flag".
Script error: No such module "flag". 		ZU-23-2CP Used on static positions or mounted on trucks.[23]
Armoured personnel carrier
Template:Interlanguage link File:BM Triton, Kyiv 2017, 03.jpg Script error: No such module "flag". 63 [24]
Roshel Senator File:Roshel Senator.jpg Script error: No such module "flag". Used by the Chernihiv border guards.[25]
M113 File:UA M113 01.jpg Template:US 50 Purchased by the Ukrainian Ministry of Energy and energy sector companies.[26]
MRAP
Kozak File:BBM Kozak-2.jpg Script error: No such module "flag". Kozak-2 17 [27]
KRAZ Cougar File:Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland at a Ukrainian State Border Guard Service (SBGS) Base in Kyiv, Oct. 8, 2014 09.jpg Script error: No such module "flag".
Script error: No such module "flag".		 3+ [28]
Alvis 4[29] File:SANDF Armed Forces Day 2017 - South African Army Mamba MkIII APC (32203158584).jpg Template:Country data South Africa
Script error: No such module "flag". 		7 Donated by Estonia.[30]
Logistics and utility vehicles
Ural-4320 File:Ural-4320.jpg Script error: No such module "flag". Medium truck [31]
ZiL-131 File:ZiL-131 of the Ukrainian Army.JPG Medium truck [31]
GAZ-66 File:2014-09-27. Дебальцево 002.jpg Medium truck (2 tonnes) [31]
KamAZ-5320 File:Выборг, КамАЗ-топливозаправщик в депо.jpg Heavy truck (8 tonnes) [31]
KamAZ-4310 File:KamAZ, Ribnitz-Damgarten ( 1060469).jpg Heavy truck (6 tonnes) [31]
KAMAZ-43114 File:45th Separate Engineer-Camouflage Regiment - transport truck (2).jpg Script error: No such module "flag". Heavy truck (6 tonnes) Purchased prior to the Russo-Ukrainian war.[31]
KrAZ-257 File:ParkPatriot2015part4-16.jpg Script error: No such module "flag". Heavy truck (12 tonnes) [31]
KrAZ-255B File:RAZ-255B. Production-USSR 1991 - Ukraine, engine JAMZ-238, 240 hp .JPG Heavy truck (12 tonnes) [31]
KrAZ-260 File:Anti-terrorist operation in eastern Ukraine (War Ukraine) (28285827242).jpg Heavy truck [31]
KrAZ-6322 File:KrAZ-6322 and 2A65 Msta-B, Kyiv 2021, 12.jpg Script error: No such module "flag". Heavy truck [31]
KrAZ-6510 File:KrAZ-6510 Armed Forces of Ukraine.jpg Dump truck [31]
KrAZ-5233 File:KrAZ-5233, Kyiv 2018, 42.jpg Heavy truck (6 tonnes) [31]
IVECO Trakker File:Iveco Trakker 410 (crop).jpg Script error: No such module "flag". Dump truck Donated by Germany.[32]
Mercedes Benz Unimog File:Combined Resolved X (54) (28141632398).jpg Template:GER Truck Donated by Germany.[32]
UAZ-3163 File:UAZ Patriot.jpg Template:Country Off-road vehicle [33]
Land Rover Defender File:Tomb Raider 90.JPG Template:Country Off-road vehicle 55[34][35]
Volkswagen Amarok File:2011 Volkswagen Amarok (2H) TDI400 Highline 4-door utility (2011-08-17) 01.jpg Template:Country Off-road vehicle 20[36]
Toyota Land Cruiser 200Template:Broken anchor File:2016-2018 Toyota Land Cruiser (VDJ200R) VX wagon (2018-09-03) 01.jpg Template:Country Off-road vehicle 20[37]
Dacia Duster File:Dacia Duster Ambiance 1.6 16V 4x2 Artiksweiß.JPG Template:Country
Template:Country 		Off-road vehicle 10[38]
UAZ-3303 File:Бронированные УАЗы.jpg Template:Country Off-road vehicle [39]
Mitsubishi L200 File:Mitsubishi L200 Dakar HP 2021 (52325676526).jpg Script error: No such module "flag". Off-road vehicle 40 Donated by the US in 2021.[40]
UAZ-3962 File:UAZ-452 Medical (EMS) 2006 G1.jpg Template:Country [41]
Volkswagen Transporter File:VW Transporter front 20080126.jpg Template:Country Bus 10[38][42]
Ford Transit File:2006-2011 Ford Transit (VM) 140 T330 van (2011-11-18) 01.jpg Template:Country Bus 10[43]
Bogdan A092 File:Богдан-А092 проспект Шевченка.jpg Template:Country Bus [44]
ЛАЗ-695 File:LAZ-695N in Lviv 02.jpg Template:Country Bus [45][46]
Rosenbauer Panther File:Großflughafenlöschfahrzeug Panther-Leipzig-Halle LEJ.jpg Script error: No such module "flag". Airport crash tender 2 Donated by Germany.[47]
Other vehicles
Bombardier Outlander 400 MAX File:Straubing 001 (237).JPG Template:Country 100[48]
Polaris 600 IQ Touring File:Polaris 700XC.jpeg Template:Country 50[49]
Caterpillar 336-08 File:CAT 336 (53149755654).jpg Template:US 1 Donated by Germany.[32]
Aircraft
Antonov An-8 File:3C-QRE Antonov An.8 (8392131852).jpg Script error: No such module "flag". Used by the Sea Guard.[29]
Antonov An-24 File:Antonow an-24.jpg Script error: No such module "flag". Used by the Sea Guard.[29]
Antonov An-26 File:UkroAF Antonov An-26 04 yellow at Radom-2011.JPG Script error: No such module "flag". Used by the Sea Guard.[29]
Antonov An-72 File:Antonov An-72, Ukraine - Ministry of Internal Affairs AN2199341.jpg Script error: No such module "flag". Used by the Sea Guard.[29]

Gallery

Robed woman, seated, with sword on her lap
The State Border Guard Service's headquarters in Kyiv
Robed woman, seated, with sword on her lap
Border Guards at the Belarus–Ukraine border, 2021.
Robed woman, seated, with sword on her lap
State Border Guard armored vehicle
Robed woman, seated, with sword on her lap
Ukrainian Border Guard post in Kyiv Oblast shelled by Russian missiles in the first day of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, 24 February 2022.

See also

References

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External links

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