{{Infobox military unit | unit_name = Shostka Border Detachment | native_name = {{native name|uk|Шосткинський загін}} | image = Shostka detachment.png | image_size = 200 | caption = Detachment Insignia | start_date = {{Start date|2018}} | 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 = Battalion | role = Border Guard | size = | command_structure = {{flagicon image|Flag of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine.svg}} State Border Guard Service of Ukraine | garrison = Shostka | nickname = | patron = | motto = | colors = | march = | mascot = | anniversaries = | battles = Russo-Ukrainian war * War in Donbass * Russian invasion of Ukraine ** Northern Ukraine campaign *** Northern Ukraine border skirmishes | decorations = For Courage and Bravery | battle_honours = | current_commander = Colonel Yuriy Sambor | notable_commanders = | identification_symbol = | identification_symbol_label = Former Insignia | identification_symbol_2 = | identification_symbol_3 = | identification_symbol_2_label = | identification_symbol_3_label = <!-- Culture and history --> }} The '''Shostka Border Detachment''' ({{MUN}}1569) is a battalion level detachment of the Eastern Department of the State Border Service of Ukraine. The detachment guards the Russia-Ukraine border in the Shostka Raion of the Sumy Oblast and following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, it saw direct combat against Russian forces. The detachment guards a total border length of 250 km.
==History== It was established on 10 October 2018, in order to strengthen the Russia-Ukraine border in Sumy Oblast.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ukrmilitary.com/2018/10/shostka-border-quard-detachment.html |title=На Сумщині сформують новий прикордонний загін |author= |date=2018-10-20 |website=ukrmilitary.com/ |publisher=Ukrainian Military Pages|accessdate=2018-10-20}}</ref>
Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the detachment saw extensive combat. On 29 April 2022, more than 30 mortars were fired into the Sumy Oblast from the Russian settlement of {{ill|Gorodishche, Nikolnikovsky Selsoviet, Rylsky District, Kursk Oblast|lt=Gorodishche|ru|Городище (Козинский сельсовет)}}. Explosions were reported in the Shostka Raion in the area of the detachment.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.ukrinform.net/amp/rubric-ato/3470568-sumy-region-comes-under-fire-from-russian-territory.html | title=Sumy region comes under fire from Russian territory | website = Ukrinform | date=2022-04-29 | access-date=2022-05-29 | archive-date=2022-05-29 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220529022825/https://www.ukrinform.net/amp/rubric-ato/3470568-sumy-region-comes-under-fire-from-russian-territory.html | url-status=live }}</ref> The Russian military shelled Hlukhiv with rocket launchers on 8–9 May, damaging a Jewish cemetery.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.jewishnews.co.uk/russian-rockets-strike-jewish-cemetery-in-ukraine-culture-minister-says/|title=Russian rockets strike Jewish cemetery in Ukraine, culture minister says|first=Michael|last=Daventry|website=www.jewishnews.co.uk|date=9 May 2022 |access-date=2022-05-27|archive-date=2022-06-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220611163906/https://www.jewishnews.co.uk/russian-rockets-strike-jewish-cemetery-in-ukraine-culture-minister-says/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=As Putin drummed up anti-Nazi rhetoric on Victory Day, Ukraine said Russia bombed out a Jewish cemetery |url=https://news.yahoo.com/putin-drummed-anti-nazi-rhetoric-090431242.html |access-date=2022-07-26 |website=news.yahoo.com |date=9 May 2022 |language=en-US}}</ref> On 13 May 2022, Russia fired on a border village in the Shostka district using unguided air missiles.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ukrinform.net/amp/rubric-ato/3482981-russian-troops-shell-border-settlement-in-chernihiv-region.html|title=Russian troops shell border settlement in Chernihiv region|website=www.ukrinform.net|access-date=2022-05-27|archive-date=2022-05-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220527192552/https://www.ukrinform.net/amp/rubric-ato/3482981-russian-troops-shell-border-settlement-in-chernihiv-region.html|url-status=live}}</ref> On 13 May 2022, Russia fired on a border village in the Shostka Raion using unguided air missiles.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ukrinform.net/amp/rubric-ato/3482981-russian-troops-shell-border-settlement-in-chernihiv-region.html|title=Russian troops shell border settlement in Chernihiv region|website=www.ukrinform.net|access-date=2022-05-27|archive-date=2022-05-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220527192552/https://www.ukrinform.net/amp/rubric-ato/3482981-russian-troops-shell-border-settlement-in-chernihiv-region.html|url-status=live}}</ref> As shelling continued, Russian forces defeated a few elements of the Shostka detachment and entered Shostka district on 16 May.<ref name="newsweek">{{Cite web|url=https://www.newsweek.com/russian-sneak-attack-sumy-area-fails-putin-forces-lose-ukrainian-ground-1706966|title=Russian sneak attack on Sumy area fails, Putin forces lose Ukrainian ground|first=Zoe|last=Strozewski|date=May 16, 2022|website=Newsweek|access-date=2022-05-27|archive-date=2022-05-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220521204645/https://www.newsweek.com/russian-sneak-attack-sumy-area-fails-putin-forces-lose-ukrainian-ground-1706966|url-status=live}}</ref> Fighting continued until 17 May 2022, when the Russian forces withdrew.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.yahoo.com/russia-shelling-border-area-two-162813482.html|title=Russia is shelling the border area in two oblasts of Ukraine, hitting its own territory and threatening the area with aircraft|website=news.yahoo.com|date=17 May 2022 |access-date=2022-05-27|archive-date=2022-05-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220527192551/https://news.yahoo.com/russia-shelling-border-area-two-162813482.html|url-status=live}}</ref> On 18 May 2022, ten explosions were heard in Hlukhiv.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Дмитро Живицький / Сумська ОВА |url=https://t.me/Zhyvytskyy/2193 |access-date=2022-07-26 |website=Telegram}}</ref> Russian forces used flechettes on border villages in the Shostka district on 30 May 2022.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://news.yahoo.com/russians-fired-sumy-region-artillery-084536105.html | title=Russians fired on Sumy region with artillery shells filled with flechettes | date=30 May 2022 | access-date=2022-05-30 | archive-date=2022-05-30 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220530141846/https://news.yahoo.com/russians-fired-sumy-region-artillery-084536105.html | url-status=live }}</ref> Shalyhyne was struck by Russian forces on 26 June in Sumy Oblast.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-ato/3515828-russian-invaders-fire-over-150-projectiles-and-shells-at-sumy-region.html | title=Russian invaders fire over 150 projectiles and shells at Sumy Region | date=26 June 2022 }}</ref> Russian forces shelled numerous border towns including Hlukhiv on 1 July 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kyiv Independent on Twitter |url=https://twitter.com/kyivindependent/status/1543007469559070721 |access-date=2022-07-26 |website=Twitter |language=en}}[[Wikipedia:SPS|{{sup|[''self-published'']}}]]</ref> On 3 July 2022, Russian forces fired at Shalyhyne in Shostka Raion with 12 strikes recorded. Russian troops then fired on Esman. Later that day, 14 mortar projectiles were launched again on Shalyhyne.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://menafn.com/1104469926/Russian-Invaders-Open-Fire-On-Sumy-Regions-Shostka-District-Three-Times-Over-Past-Day |title=Russian Invaders Open Fire on Sumy Region's Shostka District Three Times over Past Day |access-date=2022-07-04 |archive-date=2022-07-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220703090655/https://menafn.com/1104469926/Russian-Invaders-Open-Fire-On-Sumy-Regions-Shostka-District-Three-Times-Over-Past-Day |url-status=live }}</ref>
==Structure== The structure of the detachment is as follows:<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://shst.sm.gov.ua/index.php/uk/8-novini/6593-derzhavna-prikordonna-sluzhba-ukrajini-zaproshue-gromadyan-na-vijskovu-sluzhbu-za-kontraktom-dlya-ukomplektuvannya-vakantnikh-posad-prikordonnoji-komendaturi-shvidkogo-reaguvannya-shostka |title=ПРИКОРДОННА КОМЕНДАТУРА ШВИДКОГО РЕАГУВАННЯ "ШОСТКА" |accessdate=2019-05-14 |archive-date=2019-05-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190514075608/http://shst.sm.gov.ua/index.php/uk/8-novini/6593-derzhavna-prikordonna-sluzhba-ukrajini-zaproshue-gromadyan-na-vijskovu-sluzhbu-za-kontraktom-dlya-ukomplektuvannya-vakantnikh-posad-prikordonnoji-komendaturi-shvidkogo-reaguvannya-shostka }}</ref> * Management and Headquarters * Border Service Department "Znob-Novgorodske" * Border Service Department "Seredina-Buda" * Border Service Department "Svesa" * Border Service Department "Shostka" * Rapid Response Border Command Unit "Shostka" * Guardian units
==Commanders== * Colonel Yuriy Sambor (2019–)
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{Border Guard of Ukraine}}
Category:State Border Guard Service of Ukraine Category:Military units and formations of Ukraine in the Russian invasion of Ukraine Category:Military units and formations established in 2018 Category:Battalions of Ukraine