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
The Chernivtsi border detachment is composed of: [17]
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