STATE BORDER GUARD SERVICE OF UKRAINE

1. STATE BORDER GUARD SERVICE OF UKRAINE

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

3. 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 borderof 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 activitiesto protect Ukrainian border; • Struggle against organized crime and illegal migration counteractionon 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

4. BORDER GUARD AGENCYOF UKRAINE SERVICE FUNCTIONS • Operative investigation performed byofficers of Border Guarding units; • Decision ondeportation of foreigners and persons without citizenship legal status from Ukraine; • Ensuring national security interests, criminal investigations, international organized crime counteractionin border control at national border of Ukraine; • Decision on conductingsimplified border control; • Letting in or out of Ukraine, shifting of transport, freight and propertiesround check points (in urgent, extraordinary situationsin case of absence any threats as to national security of Ukraine; • Permission on taking off and landing airplanes fromairports without border control stations; • Court expertiseof passports during the Border control procedure; • Permission forforeignbattle shipsto sail in internal waters and to the ports of Ukraine • preliminary passport examination in foreign airports. Extension of rights of State Border Guard Servicein administrative activityconnected with violation of different migration laws in Ukraine.

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

6. STATE BORDER OF UKRAINE REPUBLIC OF BELORUS 1 084,2 REPUBLIC OF POLAND 542,39 RUSSIAN FEDERATION 2 295,04 SLOVACIAN REPUBLIC 98,5 км HUNGARIAN REPUBLIC 136,7 км REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA 1222,0 км THE LENGTH OF STATE BORDER 6 993,63 км including: Land border – 5 638,63 км ROMANIA 613,8 км Sea border – 1 355,0 км Exclusive economic zone – 82 000 км2 with CIS – 4 601,24 км with other states – 2 392,39 км with EU– 777,59 км (11,1%)

7. BORDER GUARD AGENCY OF UKRAINE REFORMATION Verkhovna Rada of Ukraineadopted the Law on Border Guard Service of Ukraineand the Law on amendments to legislative Acts following the creation of Border Guard Service of Ukraine on the3rd of April 2003 The Laws entered into force on the 1st of august 2003 BORDER GUARD SERVICE OF UKRAINE Border guard troops of Ukraine

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

9. PROTECTION BORDER AT THE INTERNATIONAL WAYS - 51 - 31 - 27 - 2 - 34 - 2 - 36 - 1 - 7 - 22 - 3 BORDER CONTROL PERFORMED AT THE PORTS OF ENTRY: international - 143 interstate - 34 local - 39 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.

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

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

12. 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.

13. Marine Guard - Ports infrastructure improvement; - New vessels usage

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

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

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

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

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

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