State Border Guard Service of Ukraine

State Border Guard Service of Ukraine
Agency overview
Державна прикордонна служба України (DPSU) / (ДПСУ)
Service insignia
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Formed	July 31, 2003
Preceding agency	State Border State Committee
Jurisdiction	Ukraine
Headquarters	30 vulytsia Volodymyrska, Kiev
Employees	42,000 (2016)^[1]
Agency executive	Viktor Nazarenko^[2], Head of DPSU
Child agency	Ukrainian Sea Guard
Website	http://dpsu.gov.ua/

State Border Guard Service of Ukraine (Ukrainian: Державна Прикордонна Служба України, Derzhavna Prykordonna Sluzhba Ukrayiny; abbr. ДПСУ, DPSU) 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

Commanders of Border Troops

2014-present Viktor Nazarenko^[2]
2001-2014 Mykola Lytvyn^[2]
1999-2001 Borys Oleksiyenko
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 Kiev'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 after the 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 Russian aggression
- 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" (OKPP Kyiv)
10th Mobile border detachment

Supporting institutions

Separate Guard and Support Commendatory
Main center of Communication, Automatization, and Information Protection
Information Agency
Main center of supporting development programs
Main expert criminology center
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)^[3]

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.^[4] 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.^[5]

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

Military ranks

Main article: Military ranks of Ukraine

As a non-member state, NATO rank codes are not used in Ukraine, they are presented here for reference purposes only

NATO code

OF-10

OF-9

OF-8

OF-7

OF-6

OF-5

OF-4

OF-3

OF-2

OF-1

OF(D)

Student officer

Ukraine

No equivalent

General
(In times of war only)

Colonel-General

Lieutenant-General

Major-General

Colonel

Lieutenant-Colonel

Major

Captain

Senior Lieutenant

Lieutenant

Junior Lieutenant

Cadet Officer

NATO Code	OR-9						OR-8		OR-7		OR-6						OR-5						OR-4		OR-3		OR-2						OR-1
Ukraine																											No equivalent
Ukraine	Senior Praporshchik						Praporshchik		Starshina		SeniorSergeant						Sergeant						Junior Sergeant		Senior Private		No equivalent						Private

Uniform

Patch
Cocarde
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	20 (+60)	Ukraine is unable to produce the V-shape hall required so it will purchase them from Iveco Corporation.
	KRAZ Cougar	Canada Ukraine		+6	Built under license at the KrAZ factory in Kremenchuk.
Vehicles
	KrAZ-6322 «Солдат»	Ukraine	truck	50
	KrAZ-255Б	USSR	truck
	КАMAZ 43114	Russia	truck
	Урал-4320	USSR	truck
	ZIL-131	USSR	truck
	ZIL-130	USSR	truck
	GAZ-66	USSR	truck
	GAZ-3307	Russia	truck
	MAZ-5337	USSR	truck
	MAZ-5335	USSR	truck
	UAZ-3151	Russia	Off-road vehicle	100
	UAZ-3163	Russia	Off-road vehicle	^[6]
	Land Rover Defender	UK	Off-road vehicle	55^[7]^[8]
	Chevrolet Niva	Russia	Off-road vehicle	100
	Volkswagen Amarok	Germany	Off-road vehicle	20^[9]
	Toyota Land Cruiser 200	Japan	Off-road vehicle	20^[10]
	Dacia Duster	France/ Romania	Off-road vehicle	10^[11]
	UAZ-3303	Russia	Off-road vehicle	^[12]
	UAZ-3962	Russia
	GAZ-3221	Russia	bus
	Volkswagen Transporter	Germany	bus	10^[11]^[13]
	Volkswagen Crafter	Germany	bus	31
	Ford Transit	USA	bus	10^[14]
	Peugeot Boxer	France	bus
	Mercedes-Benz Vito	Germany
	Богдан А092	Ukraine	bus
	Toyota Coaster	Japan	bus
	ЛАЗ-695	USSR	bus	^[15]^[16]
Other vehicles
	Bombardier Outlander 400 MAX	Canada		100^[17]
	Polaris 600 IQ Touring	Canada		50^[18]
	Minsk (motorcycle)	Belarus		183
Aircraft
	Diamond DA42	Austria	M-NG	2
	Antonov An-24	Ukraine		1
	Antonov An-26	Ukraine		1
	Mil Mi-8	Soviet Union		5

References

External links

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Law enforcement and security in Ukraine

Ministry of Internal Affairs	Criminal Militsiya HUBOZ Interpol (Ukraine) Department of the State Service for fighting economic crimes Department on Children affairs Department for fighting cyber-crimes Department for fighting illegal drug trafficking Department of Penal Search Militsiya of Public Security Chief Detection Department National Guard formerly Internal Troops Department of the State Service of Security Tytan

Security	Security Service State Security Administration State Border Guard Service (Sea Guard) Tax Militsiya

Disbanded	Berkut

Prisons in Ukraine Special Assignment Units "A" SBU Sokil Tytan

Armed Forces of Ukraine

National Security and Defence Council Ministry of Defence General Staff Ground Forces Air Force Navy Airmobile Forces

Ground Forces	Armoured Forces Mechanized Infantry Rocket Forces

Air Force	Attack aviation Tactical aviation Transport aviation

Navy	Naval Infantry Naval Aviation

Reserves	National Guard State Border Guard Sea Guard

Other/former institutions	Military Police Main Intelligence Administration State Emergency Service (1991-2005) Air Defense

Insignia	Ukrainian Armed Forces branch insignia Military ranks Badges and Medals

Military formations List of guards units Defence companies

Border guards

Africa	Ghana Border Guard Unit Customs Excise and Preventive Service

Asia	Bangladesh Mainland China Border Security Force Hong Kong, China Immigration Department Customs and Excise India Border Security Force Indo-Tibetan Border Police Rashtriya Rifles Sashastra Seema Bal Special Frontier Force Assam Rifles Iran Israel Macau, China Malaysia Nepal Pakistan Frontier Corps Rangers Singapore South Korea Korea Immigration Service Military Police Republic of China (Taiwan) Thailand Vietnam

Europe	Austria Belgium Bulgaria Czech Republic Denmark Estonia European Union Finland France Border Police Directorate-General of Customs and Indirect Taxes Germany Guernsey Ireland Italy Carabinieri Guardia di Finanza Polizia di Stato Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Norway Police Garrison of Sør-Varanger Poland Straż Graniczna Służba Celna Portugal Romania Russian Federation San Marino Switzerland Ukraine United Kingdom

North America	Canada United States

Oceania	Australia Border Force Department of Agriculture New Zealand Immigration Customs Service

South America	Argentina Colombia

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