page_title: State Border Guard Service of Ukraine
section_title: Units
hierarchical_section_title: State Border Guard Service of Ukraine / Structure / Units
caption_attribution_description: Passport exit stamp from Boryspil Airport, Kyiv
context_page_description: State Border Guard Service of Ukraine or SBGS is the border guard of Ukraine. It is an independent law enforcement agency of special assignment, the head of which is subordinated to the President of Ukraine.
  The Service was created on July 31, 2003 after the reorganization of the State Committee in Affairs for Protection the State Border. During wartime, units of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine fall under the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The State Border Guard Service of Ukraine includes the Ukrainian Sea Guard. It is also responsible for running "Temporary Detention Centres", in which refugees are held.
context_section_description: Main Administrations
  West Region (Lviv)
  Lviv border detachment
  Mostyska border detachment
  Mukacheve border detachment
  Chop border detachment
  Chernivtsi border detachment
  Clinic-hospital (Lviv)
  Canine Training Center (Velyki mosty)
  North Region (Zhytomyr)
  Chernihiv border detachment
  Zhytomyr border detachment
  Lutsk border detachment
  East Region (Kharkiv)
  Luhansk border detachment
  Donetsk border detachment
  Kharkiv border detachment
  Sumy border detachment
  Kharkiv separate aviation squadron
  Mariupol Sea Guard detachment (created in response to fears of Russian aggression in 2014)
  South Region (Odessa)
  Odessa border detachment
  Kotovsk border detachment
  Mohyliv-Podilsky border detachment
  Bilhorod-Dnistrovsky border detachment
  Izmail border detachment
  Odessa Sea Guard detachment
  Odessa separate aviation squadron
  Izmail training detachment of Sea Guard
  Clinic-hospital (Odessa)
  Azov-Black Sea Region (Simferopol), reorganized due to the 2014 Russian annexation of Crimea
  Simferopol border detachment (moved to Kherson)
  Berdiansk border detachment
  Kerch Sea Guard detachment (moved to Mariupol)
  Yalta Sea Guard detachment (disbanded)
  Sevastopol Sea Guard detachment (moved to Odessa)
  Separate controlled border checkpoint "Kiev"
  10th Mobile border detachment
caption: A Ukrainian border control exit stamp from Kiev's Boryspil Airport
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