Chernivtsi Border Detachment

31st Chernivtsi Border Detachment
31 прикордонний загін імені генерал-хорунжого Олександра Пилькевича (Ukrainian)
Detachment Insignia
Founded1992 (1992)
Country Ukraine
Allegiance Ministry of Internal Affairs
Branch State Border Guard Service of Ukraine
TypeBrigade
RoleBorder Guard
Part of State Border Guard Service of Ukraine
Garrison/HQChernivtsi
PatronMajor-General Oleksandr Pylkevich
EngagementsRusso-Ukrainian war
Commanders
Current
commander		Colonel Yevheny Babych
Insignia
Former Insignia

The Chernivtsi Border Detachment "Major-General Oleksandr Pylkevich" (MUN 2195) is a brigade level detachment of the Western Regional Department of the State Border Service of Ukraine. The detachment guards the Ukraine-Moldova border and the Ukraine-Romania border in three Raions (Vyzhnytsia Raion, Chernivtsi Raion and Dnistrovskyi Raion) of Chernivtsi Oblast, one Raion (Verkhovyna Raion) of the Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast as well as guarding the Ivano-Frankivsk Airport and Chernivtsi International Airport. The total border guarded by the detachment is 404.7km of which Ukrainian-Romanian section is 234.7km and the Ukrainian-Moldovan section is 170km.

History

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It was established in 1992 to Ukraine-Romania border and Ukraine-Moldova border in Chernivtsi Oblast. Since 2008, the border detachment has been staffed exclusively by contract servicemen. On 12 August 2014, the Chernivtsi border detachment celebrated its 70th anniversary.[1] On 22 June 2016, for the first time in 8 years, more than a hundred conscripts joined the detachment.[2] On 22 August 2018, the Chernivtsi border detachment was awarded the honorary name of "Colonel-General Oleksandr Pylkevich", commander of the Ukrainian People's Republic's Border Corps.[3] In March 2021, it prevented a smuggling attempt of 6,400 cigarettes into Romania.[4] In May 2021, the detachment again foiled the smuggling attempt of 4,400 more cigarettes.[5]

In January 2023, a guardsman of the detachment (Khomandyak Roman) was killed while fighting on the frontlines.[6] In May 2023, the Chernivtsi Detachment along with Dozor detachment detained three people trying to illegally cross the border along with their smuggler and two vehicles used by them were seized.[7] In early August 2023, 41 persons attempting illegal border crossing attempts were detained by the detachment.[8] On 14 October 2023, a guardsman of the detachment (Oleksandr Reshetnyk) was killed in action against Russian forces.[9] In November 2023, a guardsman of the detachment (Grubo Roman) was killed while fighting in the frontlines.[10] On 4 December 2023, the detachment with assistance from other units captured a trafficking vehicle and detained the traffickers after a short chase near the border.[11] In early 2024, two checkpoints of the detachment were blocked by Romanian farmers.[12][13] On 10 January 2024, the detachment detained eight people illegally trying to cross the border into Romania and Moldova.[14] In March 2024, a foreign vehicle smuggling 400 cigarettes was seized by the detachment.[15] On 29 June 2024, two people armed with machetes and a gas canister attacked the detachment's personnel who responded by firing back killing one of the attackers and wounding the second.[16]

Structure

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The Chernivtsi border detachment is composed of: [17]

  • Management and Headquarters
  • Border Service Department "Porubne"
  • Border Service Department "Shibene"
  • Border Service Department "Sokyryani"
  • Border Service Department "Krasnoilsk"
  • Border Service Department "Falkiv"
  • Border Service Department "Cherepkivka"
  • Border Service Department "Kelmentsi"
  • Border Service Department "Hertsa"
  • Border Service Department "Selyatyn"
  • Border Service Department "Vashkivtsi"
  • Border Service Department "Mamalyga"
  • Border Service Department "Ivano-Frankivsk Airport"
  • Border Service Inspection Division "Perkalab"
  • Border Service Inspection Division "Shepit"
  • Border Service Inspection Division "Selyatyn"
  • Border Service Inspection Division "Falkiv"
  • Border Service Inspection Division "Krasnoilsk", "Nizhny Petrivtsi"
  • Border Service Inspection Division "Bila Krynytsia", "Cherepkivka"
  • Border Service Inspection Division "Porubne"
  • Border Service Inspection Division "Kulikivka"
  • Border Service Inspection Division "Mamalyga"
  • Border Service Inspection Division "Hertsa"
  • Border Service Inspection Division "Tarasivtsi"
  • Border Service Inspection Division "Podvirne"
  • Border Service Inspection Division "Kelmentsi"
  • Border Service Inspection Division "Podvryivka"
  • Border Service Inspection Division "Sokyryani"
  • Border Service Inspection Division "Vashkivtsi"
  • Border Service Inspection Division "Hvozdivtsi"
  • Border Service Inspection Division "Chernivtsi"
  • Border Service Inspection Division "Ivano-Frankivsk"
  • Mobile Border Outpost "Chernivtsi"
  • Guardian units

It controls operations of 21 checkpoints including 12 international checkpoints:

  • Automotive: 12
  • Railway:4
  • Air travel: 3
  • Pedestrian: 2

Commanders

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  • Colonel Petro Ivanovich Lutskyi (-1992)
  • Major General Bidakh Volodymyr Prokopovich (1992-1998)
  • Colonel Mykola Mykolayovych Gursky (1998-2000)
  • Colonel Vasyl Vasylovich Chubyuk (2000-2004)
  • Colonel Serhii Hryhorovych Stukalo (2004-2008)
  • Colonel Mykola Oleksiiovych Matsyshin (2008-2009)
  • Colonel Zhovtonozhuk Ihor Petrovych (2009-2011)
  • Colonel Oleksandr Ivanovich Kruk (February-September 2011)
  • Colonel Andrii Andriyovych Bura (2011-2013)
  • Colonel Mykhailo Borisovych Kotov (2013-2014)
  • Colonel Viktor Ivanovich Yavtushenko (2014-2015)
  • Colonel Ihor Mykolayovych Mosiichuk (February-July 2015)
  • Colonel Volodymyr Ivanovich Vorobets (July-November 2015)
  • Colonel Pavlo Petrovych Lysak (2015-2017)
  • Colonel Vovk Oleg Omelyanovych (2017-2019)
  • Colonel Martsinkevich Serhiy Vasyliovych (2019-2021)
  • Colonel Romanchuk M.S. (2021-?)
  • Colonel Yevgeny Babych (?-)

Sources

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References

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  1. ^ "Архівована копія". Archived from the original on 29 December 2017. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
  2. ^ "Чернівецький прикордонний загін поповнили новобранці". Archived from the original on 31 August 2016. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
  3. ^ Указ Президента України «Про присвоєння почесних найменувань військовим частинам Державної прикордонної служби України» No. 233/2018 від 22 серпня 2018 року
  4. ^ Ukraine Border Guards Prevent Groups Smuggling Cigarettes to Romania
  5. ^ Ukrainian Border Guards Found Smugglers and Three Shipments of Cigarettes Near the Border With Romania
  6. ^ Буковина прощається з воїнами, які загинули на війні з росіянами
  7. ^ Organizers of people smuggling across the state border detained in Bukovyna region
  8. ^ Border guards in Chernivtsi and Transcarpathian regions detained 84 border violators over the weekend
  9. ^ На Буковині прощаються з п'ятьма полеглими військовими
  10. ^ Загинули за незалежність... На Буковині попрощаються із трьома Героями
  11. ^ (VIDEO) Border guards detected a trafficker of people across the state border in Chernivtsi region
  12. ^ Romanian farmers have still not lifted the blockade of two checkpoints on the border with Ukraine
  13. ^ In Romania, farmers continue to block two checkpoints on border with Ukraine
  14. ^ Border guards found several evaders in different parts of the border: someone tried to escape through the mountains, someone across the river
  15. ^ (VIDEO) A foreigner lost his car because of 400 packs of cigarettes hidden in it
  16. ^ Ukrainian border guards attacked near Romanian border
  17. ^ Чернівецький прикордонний загін Archived 2 December 2016 at the Wayback Machine
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