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1st Mobile Border Guard Detachment "Hart"
1-й мобільний прикордонний загін "Гарт" (Ukrainian)
Brigade Insignia
Founded2024 (2024)
CountryFile:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine
AllegianceFile:Прапор МВС України (аверс).png Ministry of Internal Affairs
BranchOffensive Guard
TypeBrigade
RoleMechanized Infantry
Part ofFile:Flag of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine.svg State Border Guard Service of Ukraine
Garrison/HQMariupol
NicknameHardened
Engagements
Russo-Ukrainian war
DecorationsFor Courage and Bravery
Commanders
Current
commander		Colonel Volodymyr Chervonenko
Insignia
Former InsigniaFile:Doneckiy-prikordonniy-zagin.png
Former InsigniaFile:State Border Guard Service Patches of Ukraine 11.jpg

The 1st Mobile Border Guard Detachment "Hart" also known as the Hart Brigade (Ukrainian: Гарт, lit. 'tempering, hardening') is an assault brigade of the Offensive Guard.

It is the third brigade established within the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine, following the Revenge and Steel Border brigades.[1]

History

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Early history

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It was established in 1993 on the basis of the Mariupol checkpoint as the Donetsk border control unit. It was reorganized into the Donetsk border detachment in 2000.

War in Donbass

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During the War in Donbass, it saw combat on multiple occasions. On 14 June 2014, the detachment saw combat during the Battle of Mariupol suffering some wounded.[2][3][4] The Novoazovsk checkpost of the detachment came under attack by separatists from 2 to 3 July 2014, during its defense, a guardsman of the detachment (Volodymyr Mykolayovych Presnyakov) was killed in combat on 2 July 2014,[5] and another guardsman (Oleg Mykolayovych Semenovskyi) was killed in combat the next day.[6] On 5 July 2014, 15 separatists on 2 small watercraft landed on the coast of the Sea of Azov in Siedove near a maritime observation post of the detachment and attacked the post with small arms and mortars killing a guardsman of the detachment (Oleksandr Volodymyrovych Kovalev) and wounding eight more, after a fierce battle, the separatists were forced to retreat.[7] Amongst the wounded, a guardsman (Oleksiy Viktorovych Tsygankov) later died of his injuries on 9 July 2014.[8] On 31 July 2014, during the Battle at the border, a separatist sabotage and reconnaissance group attacked the detachment's position near Vasylivka with mortars and grenade launcher, as a result of which, four soldiers of the detachment (Oleksandr Oleksandrovich Basak,[9] Oleg Volodymyrovych Parshutin,[10] Chernomorchenko Rostislav Oleksandrovych,[11] Yurii Volodymyrovych Filippovskyi[12]) were killed in action and eleven more were wounded. On 7 August 2014, a UAZ vehicle of the detachment ran into a radio-controlled explosive device near the Uspenka checkpoint, a guardsman of the detachment (Matvienko Andrii Vitaliyovych) and killed and some others were wounded.[13] On 14 August 2014, the bridge in Uspenka was attacked by separatists coming from Stepne at night resulting in the death of a guardsman of the detachment (Dyumin Roman Viktorovych) and wounding of several more.[14] On 23 August 2014, the detachment attacked KamAZ truck with personnel and 2 KamAZ trucks with weapons and ammunition moving in a convoy accompanied by two armored personnel carriers from the Russian Federation, destroying all three trucks, two guardsmen of the detachment (Mykola Leonidovych Nikolenko[15] and Oleksiy Leonidovych Vasylchenko[16]) were also killed.

Russian invasion of Ukraine

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Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the detachment engaged Russian forces on multiple occasions. It took part in the Battle of Marinka during which on 19 March 2022, a guardsman of the detachment (Herbin Mykola Valentinovych) was killed in combat.[17] Lieutenant Colonel Dominyuk Leonid Anatoliyovych, head of the commandant's department of the Donetsk border detachment of was killed in action on 17 April 2022 during the Siege of Mariupol.[18][19][20][21][22] On 24 April 2022, a guardsman of the detachment (Serhiy Nenashev) was killed in action during the Battle of Lysychansk. On 7 May 2022, a guardsman of the detachment was killed in Azovstal during the Siege of Mariupol[23] and was posthumously awarded the Hero of Ukraine.[24] On 8 May 2022, another guardsman of the detachment (Shumenko Vadym Oleksandrovich) was killed as a result of an airstrike on Azovstal.[25] On 27 July 2022, it was awarded the honorary award "For Courage and Bravery".[26] A guardsman of the detachment (Kerod Stanislav Olegovich) was captured by Russian forces in Mariupol and was released on 6 December 2022.[27]

On 30 March 2023, a guardsman of the detachment (Vitaly Mykolayovych Hnatushok) was killed while performing a combat mission during the Battle of Bakhmut.[28]

The Donetsk Border Detachment was reformed into the Hart Brigade on 30 April 2024, on the Day of the Border Guard of Ukraine. The Hart Brigade joined the Offensive Guard.[29] The Hart Brigade has been actively engaged in combat against Russia, including repelling the Russian assault on the city of Vovchansk (Kharkiv region).[30][31][32]

On 16 September 2024, two guardsmen of the brigade (Oleksiy Kornienko[33] and Lesyk Roman[34]) were killed in action.

Equipment

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The brigade actively uses equipment provided to Ukraine by foreign partners. Specifically, it is equipped with Roshel MRAPs manufactured in Canada[35][36] as well as AIVF-B-FUS IFVs and AIFV-B-C25 APCs.

Type Image Origin Class Notes
Vehicles
Roshel Senator File:Roshel Senator.jpg Canada MRAP Donated by Canada.
AIVF-B-FUS File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States IFV Donated by Belgium
AIFV-B-C25 File:AIFV-B-C25-768×392.png File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States APC

Structure

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Before the start of the War in Donbass and the proclamation of Donetsk People's Republic, its structure was composed of:

  • Management and Headquarters (Mariupol)
  • Border Service Department "Donetsk" (type A)
  • Border Service Department "Ilovaisk" (type A)
  • Border Service Department "Mariupol" (Type B)
  • Border Service Department "Novoazovsk" (type B)
  • Border Service Department "Amvrosiivka" (type B)
  • Border Service Department "Dmytrivka" (type B)
  • Marine Guard vessels Division
  • Mobile Border Outpost
  • Five Border posts
  • Two Inspection posts
  • Guardian units

But following the occupation of border territories in Donetsk Oblast, its structure was altered:

  • Management and Headquarters
  • Border Service Department "Yalta"
  • Border Service Department "Mariupol"
  • Separate Combat border Command Post "Sartana"
  • Separate Combat border Command Post "Volnovakha"
  • Mobile Border Post "Mariupol"
  • Separate Anti-aircraft Artillery Outpost
  • Guardian units

Commanders

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  • Colonel Machekhin M. E. (1992)
  • Colonel Kurdin M. F. (1992–1998)
  • Colonel Sabadash A. AND. (1998–2002)
  • Lieutenant Colonel Danylko I. D. (2002–2005)
  • Colonel Lutsky O. L. (2005–2006)
  • Colonel Vasyankin I. U. (2006–2008)[37]
  • Colonel Shablii M. D. (2008–2010)
  • Colonel Purgin D. N. (2010–2012)[38]
  • Colonel Lysyuk Yu. AT. (2012–2015)[39]
  • Colonel Chornopishchuk I. M. (2015–2018)
  • Colonel Kotsyurba A. T. (2018-)

Tasks

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The detachment was entrusted with the task of protecting the Russo-Ukrainian border in Donetsk Oblast with a total length of 310.5 kilometers, 178.5 kilometers on land, and 132 kilometers maritime along the Sea of Azov.

Sources

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References

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