Mariupol Sea Guard Detachment
{{Infobox military unit
| unit_name = 23rd Mariupol Sea Guard Detachment
| native_name = {{native name|uk|23-й Маріуполь загін морської охорони}}
| image = mariupolsi-zagin.png
| image_size = 200
| caption = Detachment Insignia
| start_date = {{Start date|1994}}
| country = {{flag|Ukraine}}
| allegiance = {{flagicon image|Прапор МВС України (аверс).png}} Ministry of Internal Affairs
| branch = {{flagicon image|Sea Guard Ensign of Ukraine (dress).svg}} Sea Guard of Ukraine
| type = Battalion
| role = Coast 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 = Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi[https://dpsu.gov.ua/ua/structure/regionalne-upravlinnya-morskoi-ohoroni/mariupolskiy-zagin-morskoi-ohoroni/]
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| battles = Russo-Ukrainian war
- Russian invasion of Crimea
- War in Donbass
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Southern Ukraine campaign
- Siege of Mariupol
- Battle of Berdiansk
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| current_commander = Captain 1st Rank Paslavsky Mykhailo Mykolayovych
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The 23rd Marine Guard Detachment ({{MUN}}1472) is a military unit of the Ukrainian Sea Guard of the State Border Service of Ukraine. The detachment guarded and patrolled the maritime border in the Sea of Azov, in a section of 154.7 nautical miles (249.5 km) and the Kerch Strait, in a section of 30.4 miles (49 km), within Donetsk, Zaporizhia and Kherson oblasts. But following the fall of Mariupol, it was relocated to Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi.
History
On 31 July 1994, the 23rd Separate Brigade of Border Guard Ships was established in Kerch from the vessels of Odessa and Balaklava maritime brigades. In the early 2000s, it was renamed we the 23rd Kerch Maritime Guard Detachment. In 2011, the detachment was reinforced with the special purpose maritime security ship "Onyx", formerly the Turkish schooner "Baba Hassan", captured by the Odessa Maritime Security Detachment in 2010 for illegal fishing in Ukrainian waters, it was then repaired and transferred to the Kerch Detachment.[http://forum.pogranichnik.ru/topic/17655-23-obskr-23-otriad-morskoi-okhrany-kerch-vch-1472/ 23 ОБСКР - 23-й отряд морской охраны] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171122102849/http://forum.pogranichnik.ru/topic/17655-23-obskr-23-otriad-morskoi-okhrany-kerch-vch-1472/ |date=22 November 2017 }}
On 28 February 2014, at night, a large part of the Kerch detachment by the order of the leadership of the Azov-Black Sea Regional Directorate, was evacuated from Kerch to Berdiansk leaving the maritime border unguarded except for the Kerch ferry crossing, where personnel remained on duty.[http://blackseatv.com/mneniya/свидетельские-показания-капитана-1-го/ СВИДЕТЕЛЬСКИЕ ПОКАЗАНИЯ КАПИТАНА 1-ГО РАНГА АЛЕКСАНДРА КАЛАЧЕВА] On 3 March 2014, after midnight, 4 buses full of armed personnel, arrived at the detachment's headquarters in Genmola, besieged it and captured it without resistance, following negotiations.{{Cite web |url=http://nbnews.com.ua/ua/news/114585/ |title=Озброєні військові зайняли територію загону морської охорони в Керчі |accessdate=13 September 2016 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160918191325/http://nbnews.com.ua/ua/news/114585/ |archivedate=18 September 2016}} {{Cite web |url=http://www.radiosvoboda.org/a/25283914.html |title=Невідомі у масках захопили територію Керченської морської охорони. |accessdate=13 September 2016 |archive-date=18 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180718030815/https://www.radiosvoboda.org/a/25283914.html }} On 18 March 2014, 11 vessels of the Kerch detachment were relocated to Berdyansk and then on the night of 13–14 April to Mariupol where 7 vessels of another division were already based.{{Cite web |url=http://itar-tass.com/mezhdunarodnaya-panorama/1057440 |title=Прикордонна служба України: прикордонники морської охорони у Криму залишають пів-острів |accessdate=10 September 2016 |archive-date=30 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140330041851/http://itar-tass.com/mezhdunarodnaya-panorama/1057440 }} On 31 August 2014, at 15:10, separatists attacked two patrol boats of the detachment, a BG-119 project 1400M “Grif” boat and a “Kalkan” vessel in the Sea of Azov with shelling and direct gunfire lighting up and sinking the “Grif” as well as damaging the “Kalkan”, prompting it to leave. Soon more vessels were deployed to rescue the sunken vessel's crew, 8 sailors were rescued of which 7 were wounded.[http://www.unian.ua/m/politics/957448-v-azovskomu-mori-obstrilyali-2-kateri-prikordonnikiv-zmi.html В Азовському морі обстріляли 2 катери прикордонників] на http://www.unian.ua/ {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210423213821/https://www.unian.ua/ |date=23 April 2021 }}[http://censor.net.ua/photo_news/300438/vblizi_mariupolya_v_azovskom_more_obstrelyan_ukrainskiyi_pogranichnyyi_kater_foto Вблизи Мариуполя в Азовском море обстрелян украинский пограничный катер] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021034931/http://censor.net.ua/photo_news/300438/vblizi_mariupolya_v_azovskom_more_obstrelyan_ukrainskiyi_pogranichnyyi_kater_foto |date=21 October 2014 }} на http://censor.net.ua/ {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191028022708/https://censor.net.ua/ |date=28 October 2019 }} The reinforcements were targeted with missiles but avoided hits.[http://www.president.gov.ua/documents/7082014-17612 Указ Президента] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161201082637/http://www.president.gov.ua/documents/7082014-17612 |date=1 December 2016 }}
[http://issuu.com/priazrab/docs/131___2014_59b470e66f67aa]{{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031073255/http://issuu.com/priazrab/docs/131___2014_59b470e66f67aa |date=31 October 2014 }} On 5 October 2014, at about 14:00, near Mariupol, during an attempted inspectiom of the attack site for the search of two missing sailors, a tactical vessel group of the detachment was attacked from Shyrokyne taking direct hits.[http://www.5.ua/ato-na-skhodi/rosiiany-obstrilialy-ukrainski-katery-morskoi-okhorony-62393.html Росіяни обстріляли українські катери морської охорони] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170506015709/http://www.5.ua/ato-na-skhodi/rosiiany-obstrilialy-ukrainski-katery-morskoi-okhorony-62393.html |date=6 May 2017 }} на http://www.5.ua/ {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200225033153/https://www.5.ua/ |date=25 February 2020 }} The two sailors (Petukhov Denis Anatoliyovych[http://memorybook.org.ua/19/petuhovdenis.htm Петухов Денис Анатолійович] and Tishchenko Bohdan Volodymyrovych[http://memorybook.org.ua/22/tishenkobogdan.htm Тіщенко Богдан Володимирович]) were later found dead and their bodies were recovered.[http://uatv.ua/sogodni-p-yati-rokovyny-zagybeli-dvoh-moryakiv-prykordonnykiv-v-azovskomu-mori-video/ Сьогодні п’яті роковини загибелі двох моряків-прикордонників в Азовському морі] на http://uatv.ua/ {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191028034537/https://uatv.ua/ |date=28 жовтня 2019 }} On 7 June 2015, in the afternoon, 2 miles from Mariupol, a UMS-1000 vessel of the detachment encountered a naval mine, mistaking it for a radio buoy and tried to pull it to the ship, causing an explosion wounding six and killing two personnel (Vitaliy Anatolyevich Tatar and Masliy Anton Oleksandrovych), the latter being the vessel commander.[http://memorybook.org.ua/16/masliy.htm Маслій Антон Олександрович] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170608053054/http://memorybook.org.ua/16/masliy.htm |date=8 June 2017 }}[http://oblrada.pl.ua/index.php/oblrada/7084 Маслій Антон][http://i24.com.ua/news/socium/v-mariupole-moryaki-pogranichniki-pochtili-pamyat-pogibshih-pobratimov]{{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170817024548/http://i24.com.ua/news/socium/v-mariupole-moryaki-pogranichniki-pochtili-pamyat-pogibshih-pobratimov |date=17 August 2017 }} On October 9, 2015, the State Azov Sea Marine Environmental Inspectorate handed over another "Kalkan" vessel to the detachment.[http://www.0629.com.ua/news/989584 В Мариуполе экологи подарили пограничникам катер (ФОТО+ВИДЕО)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170917170935/https://www.0629.com.ua/news/989584 |date=17 September 2017 }} On 29 July 2016, the Mariupol Sea Guard Detachment celebrated its 22nd anniversary.[http://www.mariupolnews.com.ua/descr/71419 Мариупольские новости. Мариупольский отряд морской охраны празднует] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160921141059/http://www.mariupolnews.com.ua/descr/71419 |date=21 September 2016 }} On 15 November 2016, a new UMS-1000 was transferred to the Mariupol Sea Guard Detachment.{{Cite news|url=https://www.ukrinform.ua/rubric-ato/2345826-porosenko-vijsov-u-more-na-novomu-kateri-ums1000.html|title=Порошенко вийшов у море на новому катері УМС-1000|language=uk|accessdate=2017-12-27|archive-date=28 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171228113807/https://www.ukrinform.ua/rubric-ato/2345826-porosenko-vijsov-u-more-na-novomu-kateri-ums1000.html}} The UMS-1000 boat, damaged on 7 June 2015, was raised, repaired and returned to service on 26 May 2017.[http://mrpl.city/news/view/mariupolskih-pogranichnikov-pozdravili-s-professionalnym-prazdnikom-i-peredali-otremontirovannyj-kater-foto Мариупольских пограничников поздравили с праздником и передали отремонтированный катер (ФОТО)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180102221236/http://mrpl.city/news/view/mariupolskih-pogranichnikov-pozdravili-s-professionalnym-prazdnikom-i-peredali-otremontirovannyj-kater-foto |date=2 January 2018 }} // сайт города Мариуполь от 26 мая 2017
Since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the detachment saw active combat against Russian forces particularly in the Siege of Mariupol and the defense of Azovstal,[https://texty.org.ua/d/2023/mariupol_chronicles/ Війна. початок. Маріуполb] even acting as infantry due to limited naval combat capabilities.[https://remariupol.com/en/news/m86-chronicle-mariupol-defense-created-support-mariupol-reborn-was-presented-kyiv "M86. Chronicle of Mariupol Defense"] On 11 March 2022, a guardsman of the detachment (Yuryev Dmytro) was killed during a Combat mission in Mariupol.{{Cite news|url=https://www.victims.memorial/people/dmytro-yuriev|title=Головний корабельний старшина Дмитро Юр’єв загинув під час виконання бойового завдання в Маріуполі}} BG-59 Baba Hassan was also captured or destroyed before 20 May 2022,{{cite web | url=https://mil.in.ua/uk/news/morska-ohorona-kupuye-zip-dlya-generatora-korablya-oniks/ | title=Морська охорона купує ЗІП для генератора корабля «Онікс» }} being previously deployed in Mariupol, east of the Kerch Strait - prior to this{{cite web | url=https://mil.in.ua/uk/news/zaversheno-dokovyj-remont-korablya-oniks/ | title=Завершено доковий ремонт корабля «Онікс» }} On 7 April 2022, two guardsmen of the detachment, (Pichakhchi Mykola Arturovich and Pakholivetsky Vladislav Genrikhovych) who were tasked with the regular delivery of resources to Azovstal to the by sea, were killed when their vessel was hit by a Russian missile system, while transporting the wounded soldiers of the Azov Brigade.{{Cite news|url=https://www.victims.memorial/people/mykola-pikhakhchi|title=Микола Пічахчі}} On 15 April 2022, the ship BG-32 Donbass of the detachment was sunk by Russian forces[https://fleetphoto.ru/vessel/41460/] and two more personnel of the detachment (Levchuk Igor Yuriyovych and Malina Roman) were killed in combat.{{Cite news|url=https://www.m86.city/#day51-52|title=Вихід з правобережжя}} The detachment was also involved in air evacuations of wounded personnel.{{cite news |author= |title=Володимир Зеленський присвоїв звання Героя України шістьом захисникам |url=https://armyinform.com.ua/2024/02/24/volodymyr-zelenskyj-prysvoyiv-zvannya-geroya-ukrayiny-shistom-zahysnykam/ |work=АрміяInform |date=2024-02-24
}} BG-24 was captured by Russia after the Battle of Berdiansk{{cite web |url=https://defensiefotografie.nl/oorlog/oorlog-2022-03-22/ |lang=nl |title=Oorlog in Europa 61 – dinsdag 22 maart 2022 |trans-title=War in Europe 61 – Tuesday, March 22, 2022 |website=defensiefotografie.nl}} Arabat and 1 unidentified Zhuk 1400M of the detachment were captured after the Battle of Berdiansk.{{cite news |url=https://www.oryxspioenkop.com/2022/02/attack-on-europe-documenting-equipment.html |work=Oryx |date=23 March 2022 |accessdate=24 March 2022 |title=Attack On Europe: Documenting Equipment Losses During The 2022 Russian Invasion Of Ukraine}} BG-308, BG-310 and BG-311 captured by Russia after the Battle of Berdiansk BG-108 KaMO-517 and 1 unidentified Zhuk 1400M destroyed and wrecks captured by Russia during the Siege of Mariupol.{{Cite web|language=ru|url=https://riamediabank.ru/media/8169919.html?query=%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%83%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%20%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%82&area=all|title=Мариупольский морской порт|first=Илья|last=Питалев|date=19 April 2022|website=РИА Новости Медиабанк|access-date=17 November 2023}}[https://2022.f.a0z.ru/cache/06/800x600/22-10860801-p5180232.jpg Image] a0z.ru BG-304,{{Cite web|url=https://fleetphoto.ru/vessel/95308/|title = BG304 – 50030, шифр "Калкан" design}} BG-22 and BG-23 both damaged and captured by Russia during the Siege of Mariupol{{cite web | url=https://voenhronika.ru/publ/vojna_na_ukraine/mariupol_20_aprelja_glavar_boevikov_azova_molit_o_poshhade_ehto_nashi_poslednie_dni_ili_chasy_11_video_2022/60-1-0-11935 | title=Мариуполь 20 апреля: Главарь боевиков "Азова" МОЛИТ о пощаде: "Это наши последние дни или часы!" (11 видео, 2022) смотреть онлайн в хорошем качестве }} BG-309 and 1 unidentified Kalkan captured by Russia during the Siege of Mariupol{{Cite web|url=https://riamediabank.ru/media/8170143.html?query=%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%83%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%20%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%82&area=all|title=Мариупольский морской порт|first=Сергей|last=Аверин|date=19 April 2022|website=РИА Новости Медиабанк|accessdate=17 November 2023}} Following the culmination of the Siege of Mariupol, the detachment was evacuated and relocated to Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi.{{Cite web|title=23 загін морської охорони (м.Білгород-Дністровський)|url=http://dpsu.gov.ua/ua/structure/mariupolskiy-zagin-morskoi-ohoroni/|website=Державна прикордонна служба України|accessdate=2023-01-11|language=en}} On 27 July 2022, the detachment was awarded the honorary award "For Courage and Bravery".{{Cite web|date=27 July 2022|title=Про відзначення почесною відзнакою «За мужність та відвагу»|url=https://www.president.gov.ua/documents/5342022-43453}} On 9 February 2024, 15 personnel of the detachment, captured during the Siege of Mariupol were released from Russian captivity.[https://dpsu.gov.ua/en/news/40804-100-defenders-returned-from-Russian-captivity-including-25-border-guards 100 defenders returned from Russian captivity, including 25 border guards]
Vessels
Commanders
- Captain 1st Rank Yuriy Loshak (2008–2014){{Cite web|title=Фотоновини, фото останніх новин, купити скачати фото - Фотобанк УНІАН|url=https://photo.unian.ua/photo/540672-yuriy-loshak|website=photo.unian.ua|accessdate=2022-07-29|language=uk}}
- Captain 1st Rank Mykola Volodymyrovych Syrinsky (2015–2019){{Cite web|url=http://dpsu.gov.ua/ua/news/glava-derzhavi-vzyav-uchast-u-provedenni-hodovih-viprobuvan-katera-ums-1000/|title=Глава держави взяв участь у ходових випробуваннях катера УМС-1000|accessdate=2 August 2021|archive-date=2 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210802160947/https://dpsu.gov.ua/ua/news/glava-derzhavi-vzyav-uchast-u-provedenni-hodovih-viprobuvan-katera-ums-1000/}}
- Captain 1st Rank Levytskyi Mykola Serhiyovych (2019–2022)[http://armyinform.com.ua/2021/08/mariupolskyj-zagin-morskoyi-ohorony-27-rokiv-slavetnyh-tradyczij/ Маріупольський загін Морської охорони – 27 років славетних традицій] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210802160939/http://armyinform.com.ua/2021/08/mariupolskyj-zagin-morskoyi-ohorony-27-rokiv-slavetnyh-tradyczij/ |date=2 August 2021 }} на http://armyinform.com.ua/ {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200723145519/https://armyinform.com.ua/ |date=23 July 2020 }}
- Captain 1st Rank Paslavsky Mykhailo Mykolayovych (2022-)