STATE BORDER GUARD SERVICE OF UKRAINE BORDER

STATE BORDER GUARD SERVICE OF UKRAINE

BORDER GUARD AGENCY OF UKRAINE CABINET OF MINISTERS Ministry of Defense State Customs Service PREZIDENT OF UKRAINE Security Service State Border Guard Service VERHOVNA RADA Ministry of Internal Affairs State Taxation Administration

FUNCTIONS OF THE BORDER GUARD SERVICE State border protection on land, sea, lakes, rivers and other water reservoirs to prevent illegal changes of border line; Carry out border control and authorize people, vehicles, cargoes and property to cross the border of Ukraine, detect and prevent their illegal transportation Sovereign rights protection in Ukrainian exclusive (maritime) economic zone, supervision of the rights and obligations of other states, juridical and natural persons, international organizations in this zone Carry out intelligence, information-analytic, operating and search activities to protect Ukrainian border; Struggle against organized crime and illegal migration counteraction on the border; Ukrainian President and other government representatives guarding; Foreign diplomatic institutions guarding; government bodies, military units, law enforcement agencies activity coordination in the framework of state border guarding, and control and regime measures at the border providing

BORDER GUARD AGENCY OF UKRAINE SERVICE FUNCTIONS Operative investigation performed by officers of Border Guarding units; Decision on deportation of foreigners and persons without citizenship legal status from Ukraine; Ensuring national security interests, criminal investigations, international organized crime counteraction in border control at national border of Ukraine; Decision on conducting simplified border control; Letting in or out of Ukraine, shifting of transport, freight and properties round check points (in urgent, extraordinary situations in case of absence any threats as to national security of Ukraine; Permission on taking off and landing airplanes from airports without border control stations; Court expertise of passports during the Border control procedure; Permission foreign battle ships to sail in internal waters and to the ports of Ukraine preliminary passport examination in foreign airports. Extension of rights of State Border Guard Service in administrative activity connected with violation of different migration laws in Ukraine.

STATE BORDER GUARD SERVICE STRUCTURE CENTRAL BODY SBGS Administration REGIONAL DIRECTORATES NORTHERN regional directorate (ZHYTOMYR) WESTERN regional directorate (LVIV) EASTERN regional directorate (KHARKIV) SOUTHERN regional directorate (ODESSA) AZOV-BLACK SEA regional directorate (SIMFEROPOL) BORDER GUARDING BODIES Border guard detachments Detached POE “KYIV” Air squadrons Mobile response units Marine guard units Border guard comendatures Border guard stations Border posts Ports of entry LOGISTICS BODIES SBGS National Academy Training units Signal units Logistics units SBGS hospitals Recreation facilities

STATE BORDER OF UKRAINE REPUBLIC OF BELORUS 1 084, 2 REPUBLIC OF POLAND RUSSIAN FEDERATION 542, 39 2 295, 04 SLOVACIAN REPUBLIC 98, 5 км HUNGARIAN REPUBLIC 136, 7 км REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA THE LENGTH OF STATE BORDER 6 993, 63 км 1222, 0 км ROMANIA 613, 8 км including : Land border 638, 63 км Sea border 355, 0 км economic zone Exclusive 000 CIS withкм 2 601, 24 км states with other 392, 39 км with EU км (11, 1%) – 5 – 1 – 82 – 4 – 2 – 777, 59

BORDER GUARD AGENCY OF UKRAINE REFORMATION Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopted the Law on Border Guard Service of Ukraine and the Law on amendments to legislative Acts following the creation of Border Guard Service of Ukraine on the 3 rd of April 2003 The Laws entered into force on the 1 st of august 2003

MAIN POINTS OF BORDER GUARD AGENCY REFORM Change of Border Guard agency legal status Reorganization of the agency structure Border guarding system transformation Law determination of new functions and responsibilities Personnel supporting and training improvement

PROTECTION BORDER AT THE INTERNATIONAL WAYS PERFORMED AT THE PORTS OF ENTRY: international - 143 - 51 - 34 - 36 - 22 interstate - 34 local - 39 - 31 -2 - 27 -2 -1 -7 BORDER CONTROL Performed as system of operational, technical, regime measures INCLUDES: passport control; vehicles, freight inspection; other law-enforcement agencies commissions performing; control people unwanted in Ukraine; administrative and procedural activity. -3

INTERAGENCY INFORMATIONAL SYSTEM “ARKAN” Central Bodies Points-of-entry ABCS ”Border Control” «Gart-1» Transmission of information to central data bank Controlling Agencies at the border System of registration, processing and transmitting information on activity results “Gart-5” Automated system “Arkan” 1. Registration of foreigners who crossed the border at the POE’s. 2. Data base inquiries. 1. Informational Cooperation State Committee on Nationalities and Migration Executive Authorities MOI of Ukraine Data base for detecting foreigners – state border legislation violators 2. Data base inquiries. MFA of Ukraine Security Service of Ukraine State Customs Service

ENHANCEMENT OF COMMUNICATION AND DATA TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS SATTELITE COMMUNICATION PROVIDER «UKRSAT» «Goptivka» Супут. ст Marine Guard Zmiyinyi island vessels Супут. ст

GREEN BORDER PROTECTION Ukraine’s “green” border is being guarded by more than 300 border stations. The average length of border segment being guarded by one border station is 20 -30 km Border stations means and strength comprise: personnel (30 -50 persons, including 5 -15 BG inspectors); means of transportation; engineering techniques and fortifications (radar stations, signal complexes, sensors, observation means etc); service dogs In its basis “green border” guarding has: collection and implementation of intelligence information in frontier zone; state border guarding and patrolling in cooperation with other law enforcement bodies and voluntary civil formations. frontier zone patrolling; border guard inspectors service activity; control after the border regime measures execution.

Marine Guard - Ports infrastructure improvement; - New vessels usage

State Border Guard Aviation Аn-72 - 1 Аn-72 P - 1 Аn-24 - 1 Мi-8 Т - 11 Аn-26 - 2

MAIN SECURITY THREATS INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM, PROLIFERATION OF MASS DISTRUCTION WEAPONS, ILLEGAL DRUGS, RADIOACTIVE AND EXPLOSIVES, WEAPONS, AMMO AND ILLEGAL MIGRATION

NUMBER OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS в 2001 - 2004 рр. (by border segments) BELORUSSA RUSSIA POLAND SLOVAKIA HUNGARY ROMANIA MOLDOVA

POLAND QUANTITY OF OFFENDERS, Witch has been detained for the organization & complicity in illegal moving persons through the state border in 2001 - 2004 (by border segments) BELORUSSA RUSSIA SLOVAKIA HUNGARY ROMANIA MOLDOVA

COUTERACTION BY CONTRABAND ACTIVITY (weapon, explosive & radioactive substances) 2003 - 2004 BELORUSSA POLAND RUSSIA SLOVAKIA HUNGARY weapon ROMANIA MOLDOVA explosive & radioactive substances

STATE BORDER GUARD SERVICE OF UKRAINE THE DEPUTY HEAD OF THE STATE BORDER GUARD SERVICE OF UKRAINE Lieutenant -General Alexander G. Melnykov