Chop Border Detachment
{{Infobox military unit
| unit_name = 94th Chop Border Detachment
| native_name = {{native name|uk|94 прикордонний загін}}
| image = 94th Chop Detachment.webp
| image_size = 200
| caption = Detachment Insignia
| start_date = {{Start date|1993}}
| country = {{flag|Ukraine}}
| allegiance = 20px Ministry of Internal Affairs
| branch = {{flagicon image|Flag of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine.svg}} State Border Guard Service of Ukraine
| type = Brigade
| role = Border Guard
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| command_structure = {{flagicon image|Flag of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine.svg}} State Border Guard Service of Ukraine
| garrison = Chop
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| battles = Russo-Ukrainian war
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Northern Ukraine campaign
- Northern Ukraine border skirmishes
- Eastern Ukraine campaign
- Battle of Bakhmut
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| current_commander = Colonel Vitrovchak Vasyl Hryhorovych
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The Chop Border Detachment ({{MUN}}1493) is a brigade level detachment of the Central Department of the State Border Service of Ukraine. The detachment guards the Poland-Ukraine border, Hungary-Ukraine border and the Ukraine-Romania border in Uzhhorod Raion of Zakarpattia Oblast as well as the Uzhhorod International Airport. The detachment guards border length 149.4 km, 83 km mountainous, 19.6 km riverine and 46.8 km in plains.
History
On 1 March 1993, it was established as a separate checkpoint. On 1 August 2003, it became part of the Western Regional Administration State Border Service of Ukraine as the Chop Detachment established by the union the Zakarpattia checkpoint and 12 border outposts of the Mukachevo border detachment. It was reformed and organized in 2008.{{cite web|url=http://pogranec.com.ua/archive/index.php/t-2549.html|website=pogranec.com.ua|title=Історія Чопського ПЗ на Погранец.com.ua|access-date=2024-11-16}}
It saw combat during the War in Donbass. On 10 October 2014, near Novotroitskyi, a convoy of the border guards was attacked with small arms resulting in the death of two guardsmen of the detachment (Kis Robert Petrovych[http://memorybook.org.ua/14/kis.htm Кіс Роберт Петрович] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305073523/http://memorybook.org.ua/14/kis.htm |date=5 March 2016 }} and Viktor Mykolayovych Shepental[http://memorybook.org.ua/28/shepental.htm Шепентал Віктор Миколайович] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305072228/http://memorybook.org.ua/28/shepental.htm |date=5 March 2016 }}) and wounding of five more. In September 2016, the detachment detained a female dual citizen of Ukraine and Hungary who was allegedly trying to illegally cross the border.{{cite web|url=http://uzhgorod.in/en/border-guards-of-the-chop-detachment-detained-a-ukrainian-with-dual-citizenship/|website=uzhgorod.in|title=Border guards of the Chop detachment detained a Ukrainian with dual citizenship|access-date=2024-11-16}}
Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, it saw combat against Russian forces. In October 2022, it conducted coordination activities with Slovakian personnel.{{cite web|url=https://mvs.gov.ua/en/news/ukrayinski-prikordonniki-oznaiomilisya-iz-zasadami-ta-principami-roboti-koleg-iz-slovaccini|website=mvs.gov.ua|title=Ukrainian border guards got acquainted with the principles and principles of work of colleagues from Slovakia|access-date=2024-11-16}} On 17 November 2022, a guardsman of the detachment (Serhiy Churey) was killed during a skirmish with Russian forces in the Chernihiv Oblast.{{cite web|url=https://podiji.ko.net.ua/?p=115610|title=На війні загинув закарпатський прикордонник Сергій Чурей - Карпатський об'єктив|website=podiji.ko.net.ua|date=24 November 2022 |access-date=2024-11-16}} Сергій Чурей In December 2022, the detachment liquidated an illegal human transit network which smuggled people into Slovakia to avoid conscription.{{cite web|url=https://mvs.gov.ua/en/news/prikordonniki-likviduvali-kanal-nezakonnogo-perepravlennia-osib-z-ukrayini-do-slovaccini|website=mvs.gov.ua|title=Border guards liquidated the channel of illegal transportation of persons from Ukraine to Slovakia|access-date=2024-11-16}} The detachment's personnel saw combat during the Battle of Bakhmut during which a conscripted guardsman of the detachment (Maxim Musienko) was captured by Russian force.{{cite web|url=https://unn.ua/en/news/first-conscripts-from-border-guard-detachment-demobilized-in-zakarpattia|title=First conscripts from border guard detachment demobilized in Zakarpattia {{pipe}} УНН|website=unn.ua|access-date=2024-11-16}} and another guardsman of the detachment (Ostap Bohdanovich Brynskyi) was killed during the Battle of Bakhmut on 19 August 2023{{Cite news|url=https://glavcom.ua/country/society/zhadajmo-ostapa-brinskoho-992776.html|title=Знаний аналітик пішов добровольцем. Згадаймо Остапа Бринського, який загинув під Бахмутом}} In November 2023, a guardsman of the detachment (Maxim Mykolayovych Hlebov) was killed in combat.{{cite web|url=https://www.ukr.net/ru/news/details/ivano_frankivsk/100979849.html|website=ukr.net|title=Прикарпаття втратило на війні одинадцятьох захисників. Читайте на UKR.NET|access-date=2024-11-16}} On 2 December 2023, the detachment detained 8 draft dodgers trying to illegally cross the border into Slovakia.{{cite web|url=https://mvs.gov.ua/en/news/u-gorax-zakarpattia-prikordonniki-zatrimali-8-porusnikiv-video|website=mvs.gov.ua|title=Border guards detained 8 violators in the mountains of Transcarpathia (VIDEO)|access-date=2024-11-16}} On 10 March 2024, the detachment attacked and detained three people trying to avoid conscription illegally by fleeing to Slovakia near Novoselytsia and a fourth person was tracked by a FPV drone and captured.{{cite web|url=https://english.nv.ua/nation/fourth-perpetrator-who-fell-behind-was-tracked-down-by-a-drone-50399881.html|website=english.nv.ua|title=Warning shots stopped draft dodgers trying to cross mountains into Slovakia in Ukraine's Uzhhorod Oblast – Border Guard Service – Fourth perpetrator, who fell behind, was tracked down by a drone / The New Voice of Ukraine|access-date=2024-11-16}} On 22 May 2024, the detachment detained five people trying to escape conscription.{{cite web|url=https://svidomi.in.ua/page/flee-the-country-with-camouflage-nets-and-thermal-imaging-cameras-how-ukrainian-men-avoid-mobilization|website=svidomi.in.ua|title=Flee the country with camouflage nets and thermal imaging cameras: how Ukrainian men avoid mobilization :: Свідомі|access-date=2024-11-16}} In September 2024, the detachment discovered a cache of WW1 era weaponry including 4,500 rounds of 7.62mm ammunition, 3 hand grenades, and 75 Mosin rifles while patrolling near the Polish border.{{cite web|url=https://mil.in.ua/en/news/ukrainian-border-guard-service-finds-world-war-i-weapons-cache/|title=Ukrainian Border Guard Service Finds World War I Weapons Cache - Militarnyi|website=mil.in.ua|access-date=2024-11-16}}
Structure
The detachment includes:[http://dpsu.gov.ua/ua/structure/zahidne-regionalne-upravlinnya/chopskiy-prikordonniy-zagin/ Чопський прикордонний загін] [http://dpsu.gov.ua/ Державної прикордонної служби України]
- Management and Headquarters
- Border Service Department "Verkhovyna-Bystra"
- Border Service Department "Stuzhitsa"
- Border Service Department "Knyaginya"
- Border Service Department "Velikiy Bereznyi"
- Border Service Department "Novoselitsya"
- Border Service Department "Huta"
- Border Service Department "Uzhhorod"
- Border Service Department "Palad Komarivtsi"
- Border Service Department "Tysa"
- Border Service Department "Salovka"
- Border Service Department " Chop";
- P-type Department "Veliky Berezny"
- P-type Department "Uzhhorod"
- Mobile Border Outpost "Chop"
- Guardian units
10 checkpoints are under the detachment's operation
- 5 Railway Checkpoints
- "Pavlovo"
- "Straz"
- "Druzhba"
- "Chop"
- "Salovka"
- 3 Automobile Checkpoints
- "Malyy Berezny"
- "Uzhhorod"
- "Tysa"
- 1 Airport Checkpoint
- "Uzhhorod International Airport"
- 1 Pedestrian Checkpoint
- "Mali Selmentsi"
Commanders
- Colonel Varnavsky O.F. (-1994)
- Colonel V. G. Panasenko (1994–1995)
- Colonel N. S. Khoruzhiy (1995–1998)
- Colonel Panchokha N. P. (1998–2002)
- Colonel Oleksandr Ivanovich Zyshchuk (2002–2004)
- Colonel Horbenko Artur Ivanovich (2004){{cite news |author= |title=Схід і Захід — разом: До призначення на нову посаду нинішній начальник Західного регіонального управління Держприкордонслужби керував Східним РУ |url=https://zakarpattya.net.ua/News/20494-Skhid-i-Zakhid---razom-Do-pryznachennia-na-novu-posadu-nynishnii-nachalnyk--Zakhidnoho-rehionalnoho-upravlinnia-Derzhprykordonsluzhby-keruvav-Skhidnym-RU |work=Закарпаття онлайн |date=2008-04-03 |access-date= |archive-url= |archive-date= }}
- Colonel Oleksandr Leontiyovych Lutskyi (2004–2005)
- Colonel Oleg Ihorovych Valkiv (2005–2006)
- Colonel Mykhailo Vasylyovych Khobta (2006–2008){{cite web|url=http://www.pogranec.ru/showthread.php?t=12888|title=Командиры ПО Украины с 1992 г - Форум пограничников. Пограничные войска. Граница. Погранец.ру|website=pogranec.ru|access-date=2024-11-16}}
- Lieutenant Colonel Vitaliy Mykolayovych Verbytskyi (2008)
- Colonel Yury Oleksandrovych Sambor (2008–2012)
- Colonel Oleksiy Viktorovych Havel (2013–2014){{cite web|url=http://dpsu.gov.ua/ua/analiz-regyljatornogo-vplivy-proekty-nakazy-nachalnika-chopskogo-prikordonnogo-zagony-«pro-zatverdzhennja-tehnologichnoi-shemi-propysky-cherez-derzhavnij-kordon-osib-avtomobilnih-transportnih-zasobiv--pereviznikiv-i-tovariv-shho-peremishhyjutsja-nimi-y-mi/|website=dpsu.gov.ua|title=Аналіз регуляторного впливу проекту|access-date=2024-11-16}}
- Colonel Ivan Pavlovich Chaplinskyi (2015){{cite web|url=http://www.mukachevo.net/ua/news/view/133265|website=mukachevo.net|title=Чопський прикордонний загін очолив полковник Іван Чаплінський|date=18 September 2015 |access-date=2024-11-16}}
- Colonel Domenyuk Ihor Mykolayovych (2016){{cite web|url=http://zakarpattya.net.ua/News/151511-Komandyrom-Chopskoho-prykordonnoho-zahonu-stav-polkovnyk-Ihor-Domeniuk|website=zakarpattya.net.ua|title=Командиром Чопського прикордонного загону став полковник Ігор Доменюк @ Закарпаття онлайн |access-date=2024-11-16}}
- Colonel Bilyavets Serhiy Yakovych (2016–2017)
- Lieutenant Colonel Mykhailiuk Yurii Oleksandrovych (2017–2019)
- Colonel Ruslan Valeriyovych Tsapyuk (2019–2024)
- Colonel Vitrovchak Vasyl Hryhorovych (2024–){{Cite web|title=У Чопському прикордонному загоні нове керівництво - Карпатський об'єктив|url=http://life.ko.net.ua/?p=93834|website=ko.net.ua|date=2019-11-04|accessdate=2023-05-24|language=uk-UA}}
Sources
- [http://dpsu.gov.ua/ua/structure/zahidne-regionalne-upravlinnya/chopskiy-prikordonniy-zagin/ Чопський прикордонний загін] [http://dpsu.gov.ua/ Державної прикордонної служби України]