The 10th Mobile Border Detachment, also known as the 10th Separate Operational Response Detachment, ''DOZOR'' (; 1496) is a state border protection body that directly fulfills the tasks assigned to the State Border Service to ensure the inviolability of the state border of Ukraine on the sections of the state border determined by the decision of the State Border Service Administration. The commander is Colonel Maksym Vileninovych Balagura.
History
In mid-April 2018, to ensure the fulfillment of tasks in various regions, the deployment of the special operations department "DOZOR" with locations in
Kharkiv
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Zhytomyr
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,
Lviv
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,
Kherson
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, and
Odesa
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began. In May 2018, it is planned to start a new course of selection for the ranks of the detachment.
By the end of the year, it is planned to have about 1,000 border special forces personnel and increase efforts to create maritime special forces, which is about 270 people who will serve in Dozor-M units in the waters of the Azov and Black seas.
In May 2019, with the assistance of the US Embassy, two safe boats, which can be used for patrol and raid-assault purposes, were transferred to the border agency. Modern boats will be used by the 10th Separate Operational Response unit (D.O.Z.O.R.) for operational and service purposes. The crew of the boat is four sailors. However, it is possible to accommodate up to 20 airborne troops with equipment.
In September 2019, the unit took part in international competitions in Lithuania. According to his results, he took second place.
Since 24 February 2022, the detachment has been actively contesting the
Russian invasion of Ukraine
On 24 February 2022, , starting the largest and deadliest war in Europe since World War II, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, conflict between the two countries which began in 2014. The fighting has caused hundreds of thou ...
. More details about the entire success of the unit will be described after the victory in the war since this information is currently classified.
It took part in the
2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive
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during which a personnel of the detachment (Serhii Volodymyrovych Kirylenko) was killed on 6 July 2023 in
Zaporizhzhia Oblast
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and was posthumously awarded the
Hero of Ukraine
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The decoration was created in 1998 by President Leonid Kuchma. As of 6 June 2025, the total number of re ...
.
On 30 April 2023, the 10th Mobile Border Detachment was awarded the "
For Courage and Bravery" by the decree of the President
Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Volodymyr Oleksandrovych Zelenskyy (born 25 January 1978) is a Ukrainian politician and former entertainer who has served as the sixth and current president of Ukraine since 2019. He took office five years after the start of the Russo-Ukraini ...
.
[Decree of the President of Ukraine from 30 квітня 2023 year № 249/202]
«Про відзначення почесною відзнакою "За мужність та відвагу"»
In May 2023, the detachment in coordination with
Chernivtsi Border Detachment detained three people trying to illegally cross the
Ukraine-Romania border along with their smuggler and two vehicles used by them were seized.
Structure
Management:
* Command;
* Service of regime and protection of information;
* Headquarters;
* Operative and investigative department.
Main subdivisions:
* 1st department
* 2nd department
* 3rd department
* 4th department
* canine department;
* department of special equipment.
Support units:
* material and technical support group.
* Regional departments.
Task
The special tasks of the detachment include:
* carrying out local, (spot) actions in directions determined by the decision of the Administration of the State Border Service and directing the actions of subordinate units;
* participation in activities related to the organization of protection of places of permanent and temporary stay of the President of Ukraine and other officials, defined in the Law of Ukraine "On State Protection of State Authorities of Ukraine and Officials";
* Anti-terrorist activity
* Combating illegal migration, slave trade, illegal drug trafficking
* Special operations
* Conducting special intelligence
* ensuring the safety of senior officials
* Conducting training events for the line units of the State Security Service
* Anti-sabotage activity
* Operational activity
Commanders
* Colonel Vadim Hryhorovych Sobko
* Colonel Maksym Vileninovych Balagura
Armament
* UAR-15 rifle, a variant of the Zbroyar Z-15.
Notes and references
External links
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