The Mukachevo Border Detachment "Hero of Carpathian Sich" (2142) is a brigade level detachment of the Western Department of the State Border Service of Ukraine. The detachment guards the Romania-Ukraine border and the Hungary-Ukraine border in five Raions (Berehove Raion, Vynohradiv Raion, Khust Raion, Tiachiv Raion and Rakhiv Raion) of Zakarpattia Oblast. The detachment guards a border length of 316.2 km, 112.3 km with Hungary and 203.9 km with Romania with 121 km on plains, 120 km on river and 75.2 km on mountainous terrain.
History It was established on 25 April 1944 in Baku by order of NKVD to protect the border of Azerbaijan SSR with Colonel Zdorny Guriy Kostiantynovych becoming its first commander and its establishment was completed on 1 May 1944. On 30 April 1975, the border detachment was awarded the Order of the Red Banner and was transferred to Zakarpattia. In 1991, when Ukraine, the Mukachevo border detachment came under the jurisdiction of Ukraine. On 1 July 2003, a part of the detachment joined the newly formed Chop Border Detachment.
On the night of 14 November 2014, in the city of Kurakhove, the deputy commander of the detachment Artem Mykolayovych Kokhany witnessed the bandits who stealing a car from a local taxi driver to which he immediately responded, momentarily gaining control, soon a VAZ-21099 with three additional men arrived at the scene and killed the officer using firearms.Коханий Артем Миколайович On 7 April 2016, the detachment detained two illegal border crossers.Border guards of the Mukachevo Detachment prevented attempted bribery On 5 February 2017, the detachment detained an illegal Ivorian immigrant.Border guards of Mukachevo Detachment apprehended African intending to cross illegally the state border On 24 August 2018, the detachment received the honorary name of "Heroes of the Carpathian Sich".Порошенко присвоїв військовим частинам імена українських героїв Мукачівський прикордонний загін отримав почесне найменування «імені героїв Карпатської Січі» On 15 November 2018, during a joint operation with Romanian border guards to stop smugglers, near the Tisza River, Ukrainian border guards detained a man in a wetsuit with a large bag of money and during the initial questioning of the detainee, the head of the "Business" department was hit by another unknown person with an Audi resulting in the death of Major Vadim Mykolayovych Berezenskyi two days later.На Хмельниччині в останню путь провели прикордонника Вадима Березенського
Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the main duties of the detachment shifted from preventing smuggling to preventing illegal border crossing. the detachment also saw combat on the frontlines.Every Russian missile only confirms that all this must end with a tribunal - address by the President of Ukraine On 29 March 2022, the detachment detained 53 people trying to cross the border illegally.Border guards detained more than 50 border trespassers On 11 April 2023, the detachment detained 6 draft dodgers trying to illegally cross the border.Border guards detained 8 violators on borders with Romania, Hungary and Slovakia In October 2023, the detachment detained 26 border violators.The border guards of the Mukachevo detachment detained the next evaders On 24 May 2024, two men from Romania attacked a post of the detachment and captured weaponry but were later detained in Romania.Two Ukrainians who attacked border guard and stole weapon detained in Romania On 10 June 2024, Border Guard of Hungary detained three draft dodgers in the area of operations of the detachment.In Transcarpathia, a truck illegally crossed the border — Hungarian border guards detained 32 Ukrainians On 16 June 2024, the detachment detained three German and Italian citizens trying to cross the border without documents.Three Italian and German motorcyclists entered Ukraine without documents, stopped by border guards On 9 October 2024, the detachment detained five fugitives trying to cross the border.In Zakarpattia, fugitives who have tried to cross the border several times were detained On 3 November 2024, the detachment detained four person's illegally crossing into Hungary.Border guards detain four men who tried to cross into Hungary illegally Since the start of invasion, the detachment has recovered 19 dead bodies of draft dodgers from Tysa river till early 2023,BY RIVER, MOUNTAINS, FOREST, AND FIELD a toll which later rose to 42.42nd victim: another man's body found in Tisa Moreover, 56 criminal organizations were also destroyed by the detachment.In Ukraine's West, Draft Dodgers Run, and Swim, to Avoid the War
Structure The detachment includes:Мукачівський прикордонний загін на сайті Державної прикордонної служби України Management and Headquarters Border Service Department "Goronglab" Border Service Department "Kosino" Border Service Department "Luzhanka" Border Service Department "Bodalovo" Border Service Department "Vylok" Border Service Department "Velika Palady" Border Service Department "Dyakovo" Border Service Department "Dyula" Border Service Department "Khyzha" Border Service Department "Veliatino" Border Service Department "Yablunivka" Border Service Department "Tyachiv" Border Service Department "Solotvyno" Border Service Department "Veliky Bychkiv" Border Service Department "Dilove" Border Service Department "Bohdan" Mobile Border Outpost "Mukacheve" Guardian units There are 7 checkpoints in the area of responsibility of the detachment.
Commanders Colonel Fedotov M. P. (1991) Colonel Lisovyi Y. N. (1991–1993) Colonel Stepaniuk O. T. (1993–1995) Colonel Miroshnychenko Y. M. (1995–1998) Colonel Lebedynsky A. N. (1998–1999) Colonel Binkovsky O. N. (1999–2003) Colonel T. R. Usmanov (2003–2004) Colonel Oleg Evgenovich Tsevelev (2004–2006)Закарпаття: Призначено нового начальника Мукачівського прикордонного загону Lieutenant Colonel Motroshilov V. I. (2006–2008) Colonel Levadnyi I. A. (2008–2011) Lieutenant Colonel Bezpalko Kostyantyn Serhiyovych (2011–2012)Мукачівський прикордонний загін очолив Костянтин Безпалько Lieutenant Colonel Yuriy Leonidovych Filipchuk (2012-2012) Colonel Lishchynskyi D. N. (2016–2017) Colonel Dudarev Ruslan I. (2017) Colonel Pavlo Georgiyovych Shvartsman (2017–2019) Colonel Domeniuk I. M. (2019–2021) Colonel Rymarchuk Ihor Ivanovich (January 2021-August 2021) Colonel Andriy Serhiyevich Kulesh September (2021–2023) Colonel Bohdan Ignatyuk (2023-)
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