It was established on 20 October 1992 and armed with GAZ-66, UAZ and LuAZ vehicles and started operations in 1993. In 2000, the Sumy border control unit became the Sumy Border Detachment following the merger of "Krasnopillya" detachment into it. In 2001, 228 illegal migrants were detained by the detachment.[1]
From 2016 to 2018, the detachment saw combat during the War in Donbass.[2] On 3 October 2017 , 2 officers of the Sumy border detachment were monitoring the border. At around 8:00 p.m., the connection with them was lost, and at the same time, a message appeared in the Russian media about the detention of two guardsmen of the Sumy Detachment by the FSB Border Service of Russia.[3] The captured personnel were released on 2 March 2018, as a part of a prisoner exchange.[4] In 2021, the detachment conducted joint training with the National Guard of Ukraine.[5]
A column of Russian military vehicles crossed the international border at the Bachivsk [uk] checkpoint, manned by the personnel of the Sumy Detachment around 5:00 on 24 February.[6] Russian military vehicles were spotted near the villages of Bezdryk, Holovashivka [uk], and Postolne [uk] by 13:35, and Ukrainian officials announced that the Battle of Sumy had started on the Bilopillia highway by 13:40.[7][8] On 4 March 2022, a guardsman of the detachment (Serhii Anatoliyovych Lytvyak) was killed during the Siege of Chernihiv,[2] another guardsman of the detachment (Vladyslav Mykolayovych Fedchenko) was killed during the Siege on 14 March 2022.[9] On 13 March 2022, a guardsman of the detachment (Vitaliy Vasyliovych Abramchuk) was killed during the Battle of Kreminna.[10] On 11 February 2023, the detachment was awarded the honorary award "For Courage and Bravery".[11] On 17 March 2024, Russian sabotage groups failed to cross the border into Sumy after the detachment intercepted them.[12] In July 2024, the detachment clashed with Russian forces.[13]
Structure
The structure of the detachment is as follows:[14]
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