State Border Guard Service of Ukraine

State Border Guard Service of Ukraine
State Border Guard Service of Ukraine
Державна прикордонна служба України
(DPSU) / (ДПСУ)
	Service insignia
Agency overview
Formed	July 31, 2003
Preceding agency	State Border State Committee
Jurisdiction	Ukraine
Headquarters	30 vulytsia Volodymyrska, Kiev
Agency executives	General of Army of Ukraine Mykola Lytvyn, Head of DPSU; Colonel General of Ukraine Pavlo Shysholin, First Deputy
Child agency	Ukrainian Sea Guard
Website
	www.pvu.gov.ua

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State Border Guard Service of Ukraine (Ukrainian: Державна Прикордонна Служба України, Derzhavna Prykordonna Sluzhba Ukrayiny; abbr. ДПСУ, DPSU) 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 is located in a close proximity to the headquarters of the Security Service of Ukraine and Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine.

The Service was created on July 31, 2003 after the reorganization of the State Committee in Affairs for Protection the State Border. All the activities of the agency as well as the Sea Guard are regulated by the State Committee in Affairs for Protection of the State Border (shortly DerzhKordon). 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, (the country's coast guard). It is also responsible for running "Temporary Detention Centres", in which refugees are held.

[edit] Current Staff

The current head of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine is Colonel-General Mykola Mykhailovych Lytvyn (brother of Volodymyr Lytvyn). There are two first deputies: Colonel-General Pavlo Shysholin, responsible for Border Security, and Colonel-General Mykhaylo Koval, responsible for personnel/staffing. ^[1].

[edit] Structure

A Ukrainian immigration exit stamp from Kiev's Boryspil Airport

Main Directories

West Region (Lviv)
North Region (Zhytomyr)
East Region (Kharkiv)
South Region (Odessa)
Azov-Black Sea Region (Simferopol)
Separate controlled border checkpoint "Kyiv" (OKPP Kyiv)

[edit] Temporary Detention Centres

Pavschino (Military Unit 2142)^[2]

[edit] History

The State Border Guard Service of Ukraine is a national successor of the Soviet Union Border Troops. It was first organized in 1991 as the "Ukrainian Border Troops", which was later subordinated to the "Ukraine's State Committee for State Border Guarding". The latter was renamed to the current name in March, 2003.