Zhytomyr Border Detachment

[1] The detachment took part in the War in Donbass with 75% of its personnel being deployed to the ATO zone at various times.

[2] In 2020, the detachment neutralized illegal transfer system for smuggling of radioactive material across the border.

[5] Two guardsmen of the detachment (Timur Kiptenko and Ivan Shchygol) had been killed in combat in 2023.

[7] In June 2024, the Belarusian authorities alleged that the Zhytomyr detachment was working alongside the Russian Volunteer Corps[8] and the Ukrainian Special Operations Forces[9] armed with heavy weapons, multi-purpose tracked vehicles, IFVs, Bradleys, M142 HIMARSs, M777 howitzers and Flakpanzer Gepards.

[10] On 13 June 2024, the detachment recovered the stolen Jan Linsen's painting "Eliezer and Rebecca at the Well" wanted by Interpol.