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1st Odesa Sea Guard Detachment
1-й Одеський загін морської охорони (Ukrainian)
Detachment Insignia
Founded	1992 (1992)
Country	Ukraine
Allegiance	Ministry of Internal Affairs
Branch	Sea Guard of Ukraine
Type	Battalion
Role	Coast Guard
Part of	State Border Guard Service of Ukraine
Garrison/HQ	Odessa
Engagements	Russo-Ukrainian war Russian invasion of Crimea War in Donbass Battle of the border Russian invasion of Ukraine Southern Ukraine campaign
Decorations	For Courage and Bravery
Commanders
Current commander	Captain 1st rank Magera Roman Yaroslavovych

1st Marine Guard Detachment (MUN 1485) is a military unit of the Ukrainian Sea Guard of the State Border Service of Ukraine. The detachment guards and patrols the maritime border in the Black Sea  of 237 nautical miles (381.41 km) and also patrols and guards 97.78 miles (156.11 km) of maritime border along the Danube, in total an area of 25,000 sq. miles (82,500 km). Its range borders the areas of operations of Izmail, Bilhorod-Dniester and Odessa Border Detachments.

History

In 1992, the 18th Odesa Sea Guard Detachment's personnel swore allegiance to Ukraine. In March 1995, the 26th and the 18th Marine Border Guard Detachment were merged as the 26th Sea Guard Detachment. In 2000 it was expanded to a Brigade level detachment named as the "1st Odesa Sea Guard Detachment". On 1 November 2002, it was awarded "The Best Military Unit of the Southern Direction of the Armed Forces of Ukraine." On 1 November 2009, it was again awarded as the "Best Military Unit of the Southern Regional Directorate of the State Border Service of Ukraine" and then for the third time in 2010.

In 2014, following the Russian invasion of Crimea, 12 units of the Sevastopol and Yalta maritime guard detachments were added to the Odessa Sea Guard detachment. On 7 August 2014, a sea guardsman of the detachment (Kolisnychenko Yevhen Anatoliyovych) was killed in combat during the Battle of the border. In 2018, Iryna Herashchenko and Iryna Friz presented the detachment with parliamentary honours. On 12 May 2021, the detachment discovered and thwarted the Russian missile corvette "Pavel Derzhavin" in the Black Sea near the city of Chornomorsk. On 1 June 2021, the detachment's chief of staff, Oleksiy Chertkov, did not arrive at the detachment's location and had gone missing, a search was initiated but failed to bring results, he was later revealed to be a Russian agent that had been evacuated by Russian agencies.

On 5 March 2022, the detachment evacuated 40 foreign crew members amidst the Russian invasion of Ukraine. In December 2022, the special operations force of the detachment underwent extensive training. On 7 April 2023, the positions of the detachment in Kherson Oblast were struck by Russian Air Force, with Russian government sources alleging to have inflicted "significant casualties" of around "50 personnel". In 2023, it also conducted regular patrols in the Black Sea aimed at deterring the Russian fleet as well as boarding suspicious vehicles in search of ammunition and equipment being transported. It again underwent extensive training in December 2023. On the new year eve of 2024, the detachment destroyed a Russian Shahed drone.

Vessels

Vessel number	Image	Назва	Class	Launched	Commissioned	Note
Heavy Vessels
ВG-50		Grigory Kuropyatnikov	Tarantul-class corvette	18.01.1984	30.09.1984
BG-57		Mykolaiv	Stenka-class patrol boat	1988	1992	Simultaneous introduction
BG-62		Podillia		1983	1995
BG-63		Pavel Derzhavin		1987	1993
Auxiliary vessels
BG-60		Titan	Tug	1974	2021	Command and Special Operations
Light vessels
BG-01		Crimea	Chika-class	1978	1992
BG-101		525	1400М Patrol vessels
BG-103		511
BG-104		512
BG-106		Zlotokraj
BG-109		Nemyriv
BG-111		Odesa
BG-115		Ternopil
BG-116		Darnytsia
BG-117		Vatutinets
BG-200		Balaclava	Orlan-class	09.10.2012	11.12.2012
BG-07			Kalkan-P
BG-10
BG-12
BG-303			Kalkan
BG-503
BG-603
BG-604
BG-607
BG-14			UMS 1000	2011	2011
BG-15				2011	2011
BG-16				2012	10.10.2012
BG-17				2012	10.10.2012
BG-19				2012	11.12.2012
BG-20				2013	2013
BG-21				2013	2013
BG-23				06.10.2014	2014
			UMS 600			Small patrol vessels
			Galeon Galia 640
			BRIG Navigator N730M			Used for Special operations detachment

Commanders

• Captain 1st rank Samarsky Dmitry Leonidovich (?-2016?)
• Captain 1st rank Magera Roman Yaroslavovych (2016-)

Structure

The detachment consists of:

• Management and Headquarters
• Heavy Warship Division (Odessa)
• Kiliya Sea Guard vessels Division (Kiliya)
• Kyiv Maritime security Division (Kyiv)
• Skadovsk Sea Guard Division (Skadovsk)
• Special Operations Detachment
• Support Units

References

1. "Сайт ДПСУ". Archived from the original on 20 May 2018.
2. Погранец. Всеукраинский портал пограничников
3. "Прикордонні кораблі з Криму передислокували до Одеси". www.unian.ua.
4. "Колісниченко Євген Анатолійович - Книга пам'яті загиблих". memorybook.org.ua.
5. Iryna Herashchenko and Iryna Friz presented parliamentary distinctions to representatives of the Odesa sea guard detachment of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine
6. "Checking your browser - reCAPTCHA". www.ukrinform.ua.
7. Люксіков Михайло (2021-06-01). "Зник начштабу Одеського загону морської охорони". Український мілітарний портал.
8. "Зник начштабу Одеського загону морської охорони".
9. "Ексфільтрація: начштабу Одеського загону морської охорони, який зник майже два роки тому, був російським агентом — його вивезли перед вторгненням". dumskaya.net. Retrieved 2025-01-28.
10. "(VIDEO) Border guards evacuated crew members of sea vessels". dpsu.gov.ua. Retrieved 2025-01-28.
11. "Soldiers of the Special Operations Department of the Odessa Marine Guard Detachment improved their skills in high-precision shooting". mvs.gov.ua.
12. "Russia's air force hits positions of Odesa Sea Guard in Kherson Region - Defense Ministry".
13. Stalled on land, Ukraine scores 'victory' against Russia in Black Sea
14. "Stalled on land, Ukraine scores 'victory' in Black Sea". www.seychellesnewsagency.com.
15. "Odesa maritime security detachment trained according to TCCC protocol | УНН". unn.ua. December 13, 2023.
16. "Defenders show downing of Russian drones on New Year's Eve – video". www.pravda.com.ua. Retrieved 2025-01-28.
17. "Цього року в Скадовську створять дивізіон Морохорони". mil.in.ua/. Ukrainian military. 2021-01-09. Archived from the original on 9 January 2021. Retrieved 9 January 2021.

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• Military units and formations of Ukraine in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
• Military units and formations established in 1992