The detachment guards and patrols the maritime border of 172 km along the Danube in Odesa Oblast.

[clarification needed] In 1999, the Izmail Brigade was recognized as the best naval unit of the Ukrainian Sea Guard and was awarded the Transitional Flag of the Odessa Regional Administration.

On 26 December 1996, the vessel "Aist" of the Kiliya Division suffered an accident killing one sea guardsman (Kushnaryov M.

On 24 March 1999, the Izmail brigade's anti-submarine warfare ship took part in the destruction of WW2-era naval mines.

In June 2000, the brigade underwent organizational and personnel changes and a training center was incorporated into its composition.