Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Border Detachment
The Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Border Detachment (2197) is a brigade level detachment of the Southern Regional Department of the State Border Service of Ukraine. The detachment guards the Ukraine-Moldova border in three raions (Rozdilna Raion, Biliaivka Raion and Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Raion) of the Odessa Oblast, with a total length of 401,551 km, 308,286 km on land, 64,965 km on river and 28.3 km on lake. History On 4 May 1992, in Soborne, the Berezyn border control detachment was established in the wake of Transnistrian War with Colonel Mykola Mykolayovych Gurskyi being appointed as its first commander. In 1998, it became the Berezyn Border Detachment. On 3 November 1999, the unit was awarded the Battle Flag. In 2004, the command of the detachment and support units were moved to the Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi and it changed its name to the Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi border detachment. Following the start of the War in Donbass, it saw combat against separatists. On 11 July 20 ...
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