The Mohyliv-Podilskyi Border Detachment "Hero of Ukraine of Vyacheslav Semenov" (MUN 2193) is a brigade level detachment of the Western Department of the State Border Service of Ukraine. The detachment guards the Moldova-Ukraine border and the Transnistria border in two Raions (Mohyliv-Podilskyi Raion and Tulchyn Raion) of Vinnytsia Oblast. The detachment guards a border length of 141.2km along the Dniester with the Moldova and 49.5km with Transnistria.
History
The detachment was established on 4 May 1992 in Mohyliv-Podilskyi composed of 13 outposts and support units and at the end of 1993. In 1998 , the Mohylev-Podilskyi border control unit was awarded a battle flag.
On 8 March 2014, the detachment in coordination with Moldovan border guard discovered and seized 6 canisters with 165 litres of alcohol.[1] The detachment saw combat during the War in Donbass. Three guardsman of the detachment (Oleg Mykolayovych Hlushchak,[2] Sokolovsky Viktor Ivanovich[3] and Oleksandr Mykolayovych Dzyubelyuk[4]) was killed on 27 July 2014 during the Zelenopillia rocket attack. A guardsman of the detachment (Volodymyr Oleksiyovych Blazhko) was killed on 27 July 2014 during the Battle of the Border.[5] The deputy commander of Mohylev-Podilskyi border detachment (Semenov Vyacheslav Anatoliyovych) was killed in combat on 17 February 2015, when separatists reinforced by artillery and tanks, attacked the Fashchivka checkpoint near Debaltseve. A Russian tank fired at the positions of the border guards at close range wounding the deputy commander and while he was being evacuated, the BMP carrying him was hit by a shell and caught fire resulting in his death.[6][7] On 23 August 2017, the detachment received the honorary name "Hero of Ukraine Vyacheslav Semenov", the fallen deputy commander of the detachment.[8]
In June 2022, the detachment was involved in the construction of fortifications in Donetsk Oblast.[9] On 1 November 2022 near Nevelske, a Guardsman of the Detachment (Strelkov Georgy Mykolayovych) was killed during Russian artillery fire while saving his comrades[10] and was posthumously awarded the Hero of Ukraine.[11] On 29 September 2023, the detachment received the honorary award "For Courage and Bravery".[12] In August 2024, the detachment detained a Moldovan man who drunkenly crossed the border on a bet.[13] On 12 November 2024, the detachment detained two draft dodgers trying to escape on inflatable boats.[14]
Structure
The structure of the Detachment is as follows:[15][16]
- Management and Headquarters
- Border Service Department "Lyadova"
- Border Service Department "Mohyliv-Podilskyi"
- Border Service Department "Bronnytsia"
- Border Service Department "Yampil"
- Border Service Department "Velika Kisnytsia"
- Border Service Department "Bolhan"
- Border Service Department "Vinnytsia"
- Border Service Department "Tsekinivka"
- Border Service Department "Studena"
- Mobile Border Post "Mohyliv-Podilskyi"
- Guardian units
Following checkpoints are under detachment's operation:
- With the Republic of Moldova:
- International Road Crossings:
- "Mohyliv-Podilskyi-Otach"
- "Bronnytsia-Ungry"
- International Railway Checkpoints:
- "Mohyliv-Podilskyi-Volchynets"
- Local checkpoints
- Oksanivka-Kureshnytsia
- Mykhailivka-Kremenchug
- Tsekinivka-Soroka
- Velika Kisnytsia-Vasylkytsia
- Yampil-Koseuts
- International Ferry Crossing points:
- "Yampil-Koseuts"
- Highway checkpoints:
- "Tsekinivka-Soroka"
- International Road Crossings:
- On the border with "Transnistria":
- Road Crossings:
- Bolgan-Hristova
- Velika Kisnytsia-Khrushka *** "Studena-Rotar"
- "Grabarivka-Oknytsia"
- Road Crossings:
- Airport Checkpoints
Commanders
- Lieutenant Colonel Oleksandr Oleksandrovich Stepaniuk (May-October 1992)
- Lieutenant Colonel Mykola Hryhorovych Kolesnyk (1992-1995)
- Lieutenant Colonel Gresko Valery Petrovych (1995-2003)
- Colonel Oleg Ihorovych Valkiv (2003-2005)
- Lieutenant Colonel Kukhtei Oleg Rostislavovych (2005-2006)
- Lieutenant Colonel Vasylkivskyi Vladyslav Stanislavovych (2006-2007)
- Lieutenant Colonel Oleksandr Volodymyrovych Shamutilo (2007-2008)
- Lieutenant Colonel Ruslan Ivanovych Belei (2008-2009)
- Lieutenant Colonel Vavryniuk Valery Pavlovich (October 2009-?)
- Colonel Vasylyk Yury Borisovych (?-)
Sources
References
- ^ Border guards dragged alcohol from Dnister River
- ^ Глущак Олег Миколайович Archived 23 December 2014 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Соколовський Віктор Іванович
- ^ Дзюбелюк Олександр Миколайович Archived 31 January 2017 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Блажко Володимир Олексійович Archived 25 June 2021 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Семенов В'ячеслав Анатолійович
- ^ Семенов Вячеслав Анатолійович
- ^ "Про присвоєння імені Героя України старшого лейтенанта Вячеслава Семенова Могилів-Подільському прикордонному загону Південного регіонального управління Державної прикордонної служби України". 23 August 2017.
- ^ "Орденом "За мужність" III ступеня посмертно нагородили військовослужбовця з Вінниччини Георгія Стрелкова". Вінницька обласна військова адміністрація. 15 June 2023. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
- ^ Стрелков Георгій Миколайович / А. І. Шушківський // Енциклопедія Сучасної України [Електронний ресурс] / Редкол.: І. М. Дзюба, А. І. Жуковський, М. Г. Железняк [та ін.] ; НАН України, НТШ. – К. : Інститут енциклопедичних досліджень НАН України, 2023. – Режим доступу: [1]
- ^ "Про присвоєння Г.Стрелкову звання Герой України". 23 February 2023.
- ^ "Про відзначення почесною відзнакою "За мужність та відвагу"". 29 September 2023.
- ^ Moldovan swims across the Dniester "on a dare" and "wins" a ban on visiting Ukraine
- ^ In the Vinnytsia region, border guards detained two escapees on inflatable mattresses
- ^ "На Вінниччині розпочав роботу новий відділ прикордонного загону". ukrinform.ua/. Укрінформ. 2017-12-28. Archived from the original on 29 December 2017. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
- ^ "Урочисте відкриття нового підрозділу". studenyanska.gromada.org.ua/. Студенянська сільська громада. 2016-04-27. Archived from the original on 29 December 2017. Retrieved 29 December 2017.