Chernivtsi Border Detachment

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31st Chernivtsi Border Detachment
31 прикордонний загін імені генерал-хорунжого Олександра Пилькевича (Ukrainian)
Detachment Insignia
Founded1992 (1992)
Country Ukraine
Allegiance Ministry of Internal Affairs
BranchFile:Flag of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine.svg State Border Guard Service of Ukraine
TypeBrigade
RoleBorder Guard
Part ofFile:Flag of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine.svg State Border Guard Service of Ukraine
Garrison/HQChernivtsi
PatronMajor-General Oleksandr Pylkevich
EngagementsRusso-Ukrainian war
Commanders
Current
commander		Colonel Yevheny Babych
Insignia
Former InsigniaFile:State Border Guard Service Patches of Ukraine 16.jpg

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. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  2. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  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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