The Shostka Border Detachment (1569) is a

battalion A battalion is a military unit, typically consisting of up to one thousand soldiers. A battalion is commanded by a lieutenant colonel and subdivided into several Company (military unit), companies, each typically commanded by a Major (rank), ...

level detachment of the Eastern Department of the State Border Service of Ukraine. The detachment guards the Russia-Ukraine border in the

Shostka Raion Shostka Raion () is a raion (district) of Sumy Oblast in central Ukraine. The administrative center of the raion is the town of Shostka Shostka (, ) is a city in Sumy Oblast, northeastern Ukraine. Shostka serves as the administrative center of ...

of the

Sumy Oblast Sumy Oblast (), also known as Sumshchyna (), is an oblast (province) in northeast Ukraine. The oblast was created in its modern-day form, from the merging of raions from Kharkiv Oblast, Chernihiv Oblast, and Poltava Oblast in 1939 by the Presid ...

and following 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 ...

, it saw direct combat against Russian forces. The detachment guards a total border length of 250 km.

History

It was established on 10 October 2018, in order to strengthen the Russia-Ukraine border in

. Following the

, the detachment saw extensive combat. On 29 April 2022, more than 30 mortars were fired into the Sumy Oblast from the Russian settlement of . Explosions were reported in the

in the area of the detachment. The Russian military shelled

Hlukhiv Hlukhiv (, ; ) is a small historic List of cities in Ukraine, city on the Esman River. It belongs to Shostka Raion of Sumy Oblast of Ukraine. Population: It is known for being a capital of the Cossack Hetmanate after the deposition of Ivan M ...

with rocket launchers on 8–9 May, damaging a

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ish cemetery. On 13 May 2022, Russia fired on a border village in the Shostka district using unguided air missiles. On 13 May 2022, Russia fired on a border village in the Shostka Raion using unguided air missiles. As shelling continued, Russian forces defeated a few elements of the Shostka detachment and entered Shostka district on 16 May. Fighting continued until 17 May 2022, when the Russian forces withdrew. On 18 May 2022, ten explosions were heard in Hlukhiv. Russian forces used

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on border villages in the Shostka district on 30 May 2022. Shalyhyne was struck by Russian forces on 26 June in Sumy Oblast. Russian forces shelled numerous border towns including Hlukhiv on 1 July 2022. On 3 July 2022, Russian forces fired at Shalyhyne in Shostka Raion with 12 strikes recorded. Russian troops then fired on

Esman Esman (; ) is a rural settlement in Shostka Raion, Sumy Oblast, Ukraine. It is located on the left bank of the Esman river, a right tributary of the Kleven, in the drainage basin of the Dnieper. Esman hosts the administration of Esman settlemen ...

. Later that day, 14 mortar projectiles were launched again on Shalyhyne.

Structure

The structure of the detachment is as follows: * Management and Headquarters * Border Service Department "Znob-Novgorodske" * Border Service Department "Seredina-Buda" * Border Service Department "Svesa" * Border Service Department "Shostka" * Rapid Response Border Command Unit "Shostka" * Guardian units

Commanders

* Colonel Yuriy Sambor (2019–)

References

{{Border Guard of Ukraine State Border Guard Service of Ukraine Military units and formations of Ukraine in the Russian invasion of Ukraine Military units and formations established in 2018 Battalions of Ukraine