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Mohyliv-Podilskyi Border Detachment
The Mohyliv-Podilskyi Border Detachment "Hero of Ukraine of Vyacheslav Semenov" (MUN 2193) is a brigade level detachment of the Western Department of the State Border Service of Ukraine. The detachment guards the Moldova-Ukraine border and the Transnistria border in two Raions (Mohyliv-Podilskyi Raion and Tulchyn Raion) of Vinnytsia Oblast. The detachment guards a border length of 141.2km along the Dniester with the Moldova and 49.5km with Transnistria. HistoryThe detachment was established on 4 May 1992 in Mohyliv-Podilskyi composed of 13 outposts and support units and at the end of 1993. In 1998 , the Mohylev-Podilskyi border control unit was awarded a battle flag. On 8 March 2014, the detachment in coordination with Moldovan border guard discovered and seized 6 canisters with 165 litres of alcohol.[1] The detachment saw combat during the War in Donbass. Three guardsman of the detachment (Oleg Mykolayovych Hlushchak,[2] Sokolovsky Viktor Ivanovich[3] and Oleksandr Mykolayovych Dzyubelyuk[4]) was killed on 27 July 2014 during the Zelenopillia rocket attack. A guardsman of the detachment (Volodymyr Oleksiyovych Blazhko) was killed on 27 July 2014 during the Battle of the Border.[5] The deputy commander of Mohylev-Podilskyi border detachment (Semenov Vyacheslav Anatoliyovych) was killed in combat on 17 February 2015, when separatists reinforced by artillery and tanks, attacked the Fashchivka checkpoint near Debaltseve. A Russian tank fired at the positions of the border guards at close range wounding the deputy commander and while he was being evacuated, the BMP carrying him was hit by a shell and caught fire resulting in his death.[6][7] On 23 August 2017, the detachment received the honorary name "Hero of Ukraine Vyacheslav Semenov", the fallen deputy commander of the detachment.[8] In June 2022, the detachment was involved in the construction of fortifications in Donetsk Oblast.[9] On 1 November 2022 near Nevelske, a Guardsman of the Detachment (Strelkov Georgy Mykolayovych) was killed during Russian artillery fire while saving his comrades[10] and was posthumously awarded the Hero of Ukraine.[11] On 29 September 2023, the detachment received the honorary award "For Courage and Bravery".[12] In August 2024, the detachment detained a Moldovan man who drunkenly crossed the border on a bet.[13] On 12 November 2024, the detachment detained two draft dodgers trying to escape on inflatable boats.[14] StructureThe structure of the Detachment is as follows:[15][16]
Following checkpoints are under detachment's operation:
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