In June-July 1941 border guards of the detachment conducted several raids (23, 24 and 25 June) on Romanian territory, capturing several settlements, including the Stara Kilia, Pardini, Rozdilny island and Satul Nou cape.

On 25 August 1944, at 8:00 a.m., the regiment reached the northern outskirts of Izmail and was awarded the Order of the Red Banner.

[3] In 1994, the 17th border control detachment was formed on the basis of the Izmail checkpoint and started operations on 20 August 1994.

On 13 February 2015, 140 servicemen of the detachment returned to Izmail following six months of deployment in Kramatorsk and combat operations in Lysychansk to Kostiantynivka.Fortunately, the soldiers not only honorably fulfilled the tasks assigned to them, but also did not suffer any losses - all are alive and well.

[7] In June 2015, the detachment received 54 new trucks and pickups of various models to replace the old Soviet era vehicles.

[18][19] On 24 March 2022, some of the Snake Island border guards, including Roman Hrybov, were returned to Ukraine in a prisoner exchange.

[25] On 13 October 2023, a guardsman of the detachment (Artem Mykolayovych Sklyarov) was killed during a combat mission in Makiivka, Luhansk Oblast.