Berdyansk Border Detachment

8th Berdyansk Border Detachment
8-й Бердянський прикордонний загін (Ukrainian)
Detachment Insignia
Founded	2001 (2001)
Country	Ukraine
Allegiance	Ministry of Internal Affairs
Branch	State Border Guard Service of Ukraine
Type	Brigade
Role	Border Guard
Part of	State Border Guard Service of Ukraine
Garrison/HQ	Berdiansk
Engagements	Russo-Ukrainian war War in Donbass Battle of Mariupol (2014) Russian invasion of Ukraine Southern Ukraine campaign
Decorations	For Courage and Bravery
Commanders
Current commander	Colonel Pavlyk Oleksandr Mykolayovych
Insignia
Former Insignia

The Berdyansk Border Detachment (MUN 1491) is a brigade level detachment of the Southern Regional Department of the State Border Service of Ukraine. The detachment guards the Sea of Azov and the "border" with Crimea (occupied by Russia) in two raions (Melitopol Raion and Berdiansk Raion) of Zaporizhia Oblast as well as guarding the Port of Berdiansk and Zaporizhzhia International Airport with a total length of 395.5km. Due to the Russian occupation of Zaporizhzhia Oblast, it's operations along the coast are currently suspended and it currently operates against Russian forces on the frontlines.^[1]