Ukrainian Sea Guard

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Sea Guard of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine Морська охорона Державної прикордонної служби України
Emblem
Racing stripe
Ensign
Pennant
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction	Ukraine
Constituting instrument	Law of Ukraine about State Border Guard Service of Ukraine 03.04.2003 № 661-IV
Specialist jurisdiction	Coastal patrol, marine border protection, marine search and rescue.
Operational structure
Parent agency	SBGS
Notables
Significant operation	Russian invasion of Ukraine
Anniversary	28 May
Website
www.pvu.gov.ua

The Ukrainian Sea Guard (Ukrainian: Морська охорона, romanized: Morska okhorona; full name Ukrainian: Морська охорона Державної прикордонної служби України, lit. 'Sea Guard of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine') is the coast guard service of Ukraine, subordinated to the State Border Guard Service.^[1]

The Sea Guard is the local successor of the Soviet Border Troops Naval Units that were similarly responsible for coast guard tasks. However, there were some interchanges in units, ships and personnel between the Sea Guard and the Ukrainian Navy.^{[clarification needed]}

Service personnel of the Sea Guard wear either a black uniform similar to the Ukrainian Navy, but decorated with some green elements (traditional for border guard), or a common uniform of the Border Guard Service, while officers wear, since the 2010s, Western style sleeve insignia featuring the executive curl. Sea Guard vessels bear the Морська охорона inscription on their boards.

The creation of the Sea Guard began simultaneously with the creation of the Border Guard Service of Ukraine. After the proclamation of the Republic of Crimea, on March 18, 2014, the State Border Service began the withdrawal of the Sea Guard from Crimea.

Since 1999, ships and boats of the Sea Guard have been numbered with the prefix BG. Sea Guard vessels bear the Морська охорона inscription on their boards.