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79th Kherson Border Detachment
79 прикордонний загін (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/HQKherson
EngagementsRusso-Ukrainian war
DecorationsFor Courage and Bravery
Commanders
Current
commander		Colonel Vladyslav Kobylyakov

The Kherson Border Detachment (MUN 2161) is a brigade level detachment of the Eastern Department of the State Border Service of Ukraine. The detachment guards the Black Sea and the de facto "Russia-Ukraine border" in four Raions (Skadovsk Raion,Henichesk Raion, Kherson Raion and Kakhovka Raion) of Kherson Oblast and one Raion (Mykolaiv Raion) of Mykolaiv Oblast. The detachment guards border length of 506.8 km, 306.8 km on land, 180 km on river and 20 km on lake.

History

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Service in Soviet Union

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The detachment was established on 30 June 1938, on the basis of two command posts of the Odesa Maritime Border Detachment as the 79th Border Detachment of NKVD of the Ukrainian SSR was created to protect the western border along the Dniester River, with the headquarter being Mayaki. In 1940, following the Annexation of Bessarabia it was deployed for the protection of border from Dzurashulesti to the Black Sea. In the summer of 1941, it became the 79th separate border rifle regiment and saw combat during WW2 during the battles or Kirovohrad, Dnipropetrovsk, Pyatikhatky, Kharkiv, Pavlograd and the infamous Battle of Stalingrad. The regiment received it's battle flag following the battle of Izium where the regiment's fighters broke through the German encirclement. In 1944, following the Crimean offensive, the 79th border detachment was transferred there becoming the 79th Simferopol Detachment. It became a member of the South-Western District KGB, then the KGB Operational Group under the Council of Ministers of the Ukrainian SSR from 1960 and Western Border District of the KGB from 1963.[1] In 1968, the Simferopol border detachment was awarded the Order of the Red Banner.[2]

Service in Ukraine

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In 1992, following the Dissolution of the Soviet Union, it came under the jurisdiction of Ukraine.

On 29 September 2003, Russia began construction of a dam in the Kerch Strait from the Taman Peninsula to Tuzla Island. In the following, 2003 Tuzla Island conflict the 25th Outpost of the Simferopol Border Detachment was deployed to the island. Ultimately, construction of the dam was stopped on 23 October 2003.[3]

On 2 March 2014, during the Russian invasion of Crimea, Spetsnaz and the Federal Security Service of Russia attempted to storm the headquarters of the Simferopol detachment but failed to capture the building.[4] On 7 March 2014, the Russian military almost completely besieged the detachment completely and the detachment was forced to evacuate it's personnel along with weapons and military equipment and was relocated to Kherson.[5]

The detachment detained two Russian FSB who crossed the border in Kherson Oblast on 30 June 2017.[6] The detachment detained a person trying to illegally cross into Crimea in August 2020.[7] On 14 July 2017, the detachment barred 4 Russian citizens from entering Ukraine.[8] In 2018, following acid leaks in Crimea, 59 people from Crimea fled to Ukraine via the posts of the Detachment.[9]

Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the detachment saw combat against Russian forces. On 24 February 2022, on the day of the start of invasion, a guardsman of the Detachment (Iozhytsia Anatoly Ivanovich) was killed in action in Antonivka during the Battle of Kherson.[10] On the same day, three guardsmen of the detachment were taken captive during a Russian assault on Chonhar and were later returned on 25 August 2024.[11] To preserve manpower, the detachment along with the other units temporarily retreated from Kherson Oblast.[12] It then took part in the 2022 Kherson counteroffensive.[13] The detachment returned to Kherson in November 2022.[14] On 30 April 2023, the Detachment was awarded the honorary award "For Courage and Bravery".[15] On 22 June 2023, a guardsman of the detachment (Danylo Andriyovych Nechvolod) was killed during a combat mission in the Kherson Oblast during the Dnieper campaign.[16][17] In February 2024, the detachment's FPV units began operations across the Dnieper.[18] On 24 February 2024, the detachment's UAVs and artillery destroyed Russian troops and equipment across the Dnieper killing two Russians and wounding one.[19]

Structure

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The detachment includes:[20][21]

  • Management and Headquarters
  • Border Service Department "Ochakiv"
  • Border Service Department "Mykolaiv"
  • Border Service Department "Kherson"
  • Border Service Department "Zalizniy Port"
  • Border Service Department "Skadovsk"
  • Border Service Department "Preobrazhenka"
  • Border Service Department "Blagovishchenka"
  • Border Service Department "Chonhar"
  • Type C Department
  • Operational-combat Command Post "Sivash"
  • Guardian Units

It operates 21 checkpoints, 16 by sea, 2 by air and 3 by road.

Commanders

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  • Major General Kharlanov P. P. (1992-1995)
  • Colonel Rumyantsev V. IN. (1995-1997)
  • Colonel Gurskyi M. M. (1997-1998)
  • Colonel Mushimanskyi V. D. (1998-2003)
  • Colonel Alekseenko P. D. (2003-2004)
  • Colonel A. V. Posmetyuk (2004-2006)[22]
  • Colonel Zamelyuk M. P. (2006-2012)
  • Colonel Sadovchuk A. AT (2013-2014)
  • Colonel Fedorchuk Anatoly Viktorovych (2015)
  • Colonel Oleg Shevchenko (2016)
  • Colonel Pavlo Petrovych Lysak (2017)
  • Colonel Yuriy Mykhailovych Chernov (2017-2021)[21]
  • Colonel Konstantin Barbashov (2021-2022)[23]
  • Colonel Vladyslav Kobylyakov (2022-)

Sources

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References

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  1. ^ "79-й пограничный отряд КГБ в/ч 2161". Archived from the original on 21 March 2019. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
  2. ^ Симферопольский пограничный отряд отметил 74-ю годовщину
  3. ^ ""Зелені берети" столиці Бійці дислокованого в Києві". Archived from the original on 21 March 2019. Retrieved 21 March 2019. Archived 2019-03-21 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ "Захоплення російськими військовими штабів Азово-Чорноморського регіонального управління і Сімферопольського загону не було". Archived from the original on 21 March 2019. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
  5. ^ Щодо ситуації на кордоні з Росією та в АР Крим
  6. ^ Ukrainian border guards detain two Russian FSB officers in Kherson Oblast
  7. ^ Ukrainian tried to cross the administrative border with the occupied Crimea for $ 100
  8. ^ Ukrainian border guards banned 4 Russian citizens from entering Ukraine
  9. ^ Almost 60 people flee to Ukraine after acid leaks in Crimea
  10. ^ "19-річний прикордонник загинув на Херсонщині". Меморіал жертв війни (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2022-11-07.
  11. ^ Three border guards of Kherson detachment returned from Russian captivity
  12. ^ 'We Realized That We Still Had To Fight': Life In Kherson One Year After The End Of Russia's Occupation
  13. ^ Digest of the Ministry of Affairs of Ukraine from 19.11.2022
  14. ^ (ВІДЕО) Херсонський прикордонний загін повернувся в Херсон
  15. ^ "Про відзначення почесною відзнакою "За мужність та відвагу"". 30 April 2023.
  16. ^ "На Івано-Франківщині поховають 23-річного прикордонника Данила Нечволода".
  17. ^ "У Коломиї в останню дорогу провели молодого захисника Данила Нечволода". Informant Kolomyia. 2024-08-29. Retrieved 2024-11-11.
  18. ^ Border guards with the Kherson Detachment published raw footage of FPV drones attacking Russian forces on the Ukrainian battlefield.
  19. ^ (VIDEO) Border guards’ aerial reconnaissance destroyed occupants in Kherson region
  20. ^ "Херсонський прикордонний загін". Державна прикордонна служба України. Retrieved 2020-10-28.
  21. ^ a b "Херсонський прикордонний загін". Державна прикордонна служба України (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2020-11-01. Retrieved 2020-10-28.
  22. ^ Командиры пограничных отрядов Украины с 1992 г. Archived 21 September 2020 at the Wayback Machine
  23. ^ [1]
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