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As for the Border Guard Flag, since I live virtually adjacent
to the State Border Committee Building and see the flag almost
every day, I'd like to correct the design as follows: There
should not be a blue shield around the trident, merely a gold
trident on a white disk trimmed in gold. In both cases (trident
and circle trim), the gold should be darker than the yellow used
in the flag. As to the origin of the flag, I believe a similar
design was used during the Soviet period (albeit with the Soviet
flag as a canton). It would not be entirely surprising, then,
that modern-day Ukraine would redesign the flag by simply
changing the canton. Green was the color used by the border guard
during the Soviet period (insignia, uniform trim, etc.), and
Ukraine continues that practice.
Interestingly, while the general design follows its Soviet
predecessor, the Ukrainians have introduced at least one detail
reminiscent of their earlier independence. The Customs Service
flag designed for used when Ukraine was independent in 1918–1921
was white (not green) with a blue-yellow state flag in the canton
and a trident on white disk. Had the modern-day Ukrainian state
merely wished to copy the previous Soviet design, they would have
simply inserted the state flag in the canton, but without the
trident since the state flag does not feature the trident.
Petro Matiaszek, Kyiv, 13 March 1999
Recently the flag of the border guard of Ukraine was changed.
The new flag reminding very much to the obe of the independentist
party of Taiwan (green, with double white cross).
Jaume Ollé, 6 November 1999
Some weeks ago I reported that Ukraine Border Guard adopted
new ensign. Information was provided by Andre Rukkas
that casually visited the headquarters. Image was already included
in the issue 14 of Flag Report (currently in print). When Andrew
visited the headquarters the new flag don't are hoisted yet. The
approval date is 10 February 1999 but they are not hoisted until 4
November 1999.
Jaume Ollé, 18 December 1999
First edition of Ukrainian border guard flags was adopted by
general-colonel Gubenko on 6, May, 1992. Modern flags of
Ukrainian border guard were adopted by Commander of Border Forces
of Ukraine general-colonel B. Bannykh on 10, February, 1999 On 4,
November new flags were hoisted on the ships.
Victor Lomantsov, 4 January 2001
Modern flags of Ukrainian border guard were adopted by
Commander of Border Forces of Ukraine General-Colonel B. Bannykh
on 10 February, 1999. On 4 November new flags were hoisted on
the ships.
Victor Lomantsov, 4 January 2001
image by Željko Heimer, 11 May 2003
Ensign – green with white cross (fimbriated with green and
white), national colours in the canton. Ratio – 3:2 (90:60) width
of the cross – 2/15 of the flag-height widths of white and green
fimbriations – 1/60 of the flag-height.
Victor Lomantsov, 4 January 2001
This flag appears at napvu.km.ua/news/znaki.htm
as "Prapor Morskoi ohoroni Prikordonnih viysk Ukraini"
(ensign of Sea guard of Border forces).
Dov Gutterman, Mariusz Borkowski and Victor
Lomantsov, 23 June 2002
From www.heraldry.com.ua:
"Sea defence Boundary armies of Ukraine Flag – It was
confirmed by the Decree N 594/2001 of President of Ukraine from
August 7th, 2001. The flag of Sea protection Boundary armies of
Ukraine is a rectangular green panel with the direct white cross,
placed at the centre. In the top left corner of a panel is the
State Flag of Ukraine. The cross has from three parties green and
white lines, and green from the outer border. Width makes
everyone border 1/8 width of a cross (or 1/60 heights of a
panel). Width of a cross makes 2/15 heights of a panel, and
together with borders – 1/5 heights of a panel.
Ratio of the parties of a panel 2:3.
Obverse and opposite parties of a panel are identical."
Dov Gutterman, 26 August 2002
According to L'Album 2000 [pay00]
– Border-Guard Ensign (---/-S- 2:3) – Green ensign with white
cotized cross and the national bicolour in the canton.
Željko Heimer, 11 May 2003
image by Željko Heimer, 11 May 2003
Jack – blue-yellow with white cosacco-cross (bordered with
blue) in the centre.
Victor Lomantsov, 4 January 2001
According to L'Album 2000 [pay00]
– Border-Guard Jack (2:3) – The light blue over yellow bicolour
with light blue fimbriated white cross pattee in the middle.
Željko Heimer, 11 May 2003
image
by Željko Heimer, 11 May 2003
Flag of Commander of Border Forces of Ukraine – like ensign
but with state coat of arms in the centre.
Victor Lomantsov, 4 January 2001
According to L'Album 2000 [pay00]
– Authority in charge of Border-Guard (2:3) – The Border-Guard
ensign defaced with the simplified coat of arms in the middle.
Maybe the caption that would more systematically match similar
flags in Ukraine, Russia and Soviet Union would be
"Commander-in-Chief of Border-Guard", whoever holds
that position.
Željko Heimer, 11 May 2003
image by Željko Heimer, 11 May 2003
According to L'Album 2000 [pay00]
– Border-Guard Chief of Staff (2:3) – The Border-Guard ensign
defaced with a white disk in the middle containing within a black
thin circle two black anchors in saltire.
Željko Heimer, 11 May 2003
image by Željko Heimer, 13 May 2003
According to L'Album 2000 [pay00]
– Chief of Naval Border-Guard (2:3) – The Border-Guard ensign
defaced with a white disk in the middle containing within a black
thin circle a black cabled anchors.
Željko Heimer, 13 May 2003
image by Željko Heimer, 13 May 2003
According to L'Album 2000 [pay00]
– Military Commander of Border-Guard (2:3) – The Border-Guard
ensign defaced with two white anchors in saltire in the lower fly
quarter.
Željko Heimer, 13 May 2003
image by Victor Lomantsov, 6 January 2001
image by Željko Heimer, 13 May 2003
According to [pay00], the
cable is black based on info from A Basov.
Željko Heimer and Armand du Payrat, 25 January
2001
According to L'Album 2000 [pay00]
– Deputy Military Commander of Border-Guard (2:3) – The
Border-Guard ensign defaced with a black cabled white anchor in
the lower fly quarter.
Željko Heimer, 13 May 2003
image by Željko Heimer, 13 May 2003
According to L'Album 2000 [pay00]
– Border-Guard Group Commander (2:3) – White flag with the
national bicolour in the canton and in the fly a white cross
patte on a green disk
Željko Heimer, 13 May 2003
image by Victor Lomantsov, 6 January 2001
image by Željko Heimer, 13 May 2003
According to L'Album 2000 [pay00]
– Border-Guard Division Commander (1:3) – Yellow swallow-tailed
pennant with green stripes along top and bottom and a black
cabled anchor near the hoist.
Notably the anchor here, similar in design to other cabled
anchors used by the BG service differs in that it is not
"voided" in the top ring. This may be an error of
Album, though.
Željko Heimer, 13 May 2003
image by Željko Heimer, 13 May 2003
According to L'Album 2000 [pay00]
– Border-Guard Senior Officer Afloat (1:3) – White swallow-tailed
pennant with green tails and a black cabled anchor near the
hoist. Reported by Victor Lomantsov as Broad-Pennant of
Senior Officer on Roadstead.
Željko Heimer, 13 May 2003
by Željko Heimer, 13 May 2003
According to L'Album 2000 [pay00]
– Border-Guard Masthead Pennant (1:30) – Green long
swallow-tailed pennant with a white cross and the national
bicolour next to the hoist.
Željko Heimer, 13 May 2003
At napvu.km.ua
there are images of Border Guard flags. One of them is the Ensign, and others are as follows. All were
adopted by Decree of president (date unknown).
Dov Gutterman, Mariusz Borkowski and Victor
Lomantsov, 23 June 2002
According to www.heraldry.com.ua
those flags were adopted by Decree N 594/2001 of President of
Ukraine from August 7th, 2001.
Dov Gutterman, 26 August 2002
image by Pete Loeser, 14
August 2021
At napvu.km.ua:
"Prapor Prikordonnih viysk Ukraini" (Flag of Border
Forces).
Dov Gutterman, Mariusz Borkowski and Victor
Lomantsov, 23 June 2002
From www.heraldry.com.ua:
It was confirmed by the Decree N 594/2001 President of Ukraine
from August 7th, 2001. The Boundary armies of Ukraine flag is a
rectangular panel of crimson colour with a ratio of the parties
2:3. At the centre of a panel is the Boundary armies of Ukraine
emblem.
Height of an emblem makes 2/3 heights of a panel, and width – 1/2
width of a panel. The wreath diameter makes 1/4 width of a panel.
Both parties of a panel are identical.
Dov Gutterman, 26 August 2002
image
located by Bill Garrison, 15 July 2021
I found this Ukrainian Interior Department flag c2019, but I cannot identify it. The caption read: "Ukrainian Interior Minister Arsen Avakov speaks at a news conference in Kyiv in 2019. Credit: Valentyn Ogirenko / Reuters".
Source:
Haaretz
Bill Garrison, 15 July 2021
The design of this flag is like that used by the Ukrainian military, but what is the green cross for? At Ukraine – Military Rank Flags we can find several similar designs. The Ministry of the Internal Affairs oversees five services, seen in the compilation below:
image
compiled by Victor Lomantsov, 16 July 2021
In the photo with the Minister of Internal Affairs Arsen Avakov, we see seven flags: five service's flags, the state flag and Flag of the Ministry. All flags are known to us except the one – crimson with green cross and the swords.
As we know, the Border Troops of Ukraine had a crimson flag with green cross
without the swords (adopted in 2001) and in 2003 were transformed into the State
Border Guard Service and included in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, so I
think that the mysterious crimson flag with a green cross and crossed swords is
a flag of the State Border Guard Service. However, it is strange that even the
official website of the border service so far only has the old flag of 2001.
Victor Lomantsov, 16 July 2021
If the current decree is correct, the flag above was carried over to the renamed State Border Guard Service after it was adopted in 2001. The decree for the flag itself is as follows:
APPENDIX No. 3 to the Decree of the President of Ukraine of August 7, 2001 No. 594/2001At the top of the Decree "On the Symbols of the State Border Guard Service", it states the following note:DESCRIPTION of the flag of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine:
The flag of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine is a rectangular crimson banner with an aspect ratio of 2:3. In the center of the banner is an image of the emblem of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine. The height of the emblem is 2/3 of the height of the banner, and the width is 1/2 the width of the banner. The diameter of the wreath is 1/4 of the width of the cloth. Both sides of the cloth are identical. Head of the Administration of the President of Ukraine V. LYTVYN"
In the Decree and Annexes No. 1 – No. 15 the words "Border Troops", "State Committee for State Border Protection", "Chairman of the State Committee for State Border Protection of Ukraine – Commander of the Border Troops of Ukraine" in all cases are replaced by the words "State Border Guard Service", "Administration of the State Border Guard Service", "Head of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine "in the relevant cases in accordance with Presidential Decree No. 1227/2003 (1227/2003) of October 29, 2003)So, I contend the flag is still the same as that we have at this page and still used for the State Border Guard Service despite the rename in 2003.
image by Eugene Ipavec, 30 July 2008
I visited Museum of Ukrainian Armed Forces in Kiev in
January 2008 and took photos of flags and bought some Ukrainian
flags books issued in 2007.
This flag is the flag of the Frontier Service.
Nozomi Kariyasu, 21 March 2008
image
from www.heraldry.com.ua
At napvu.km.ua:
"Boyoviy prapor Dierzhavnogo komitietu u spravah ohoroni
dierzhavnogo kordonu Ukraini" (Colours of State Committee of
Ukraine Border Defence).
Dov Gutterman, Mariusz Borkowski and Victor
Lomantsov, 23 June 2002
From www.heraldry.com.ua:
"State committee on protection of state border of Ukraine
Battle Flag - It was confirmed by the Decree N 594/2001 of
President of Ukraine from August 7th, 2001. Battle flag of State
committee on protection of state border of Ukraine is a crimson
square panel by the size 130?130sm.
On a face place of a Battle flag is the Boundary armies of
Ukraine emblem. In the all corners of a panel are gold oak and
laurel wreathes with heraldry sign of of State committee on
protection of state border of Ukraine in each.
The reverse party of a flag contains the direct equilateral cross
with the missing ends, gold metal edging and round dark blue
medallion in the centre in a wreath from gold oak leaves. On a
medallion background are the gold letters in seven lines:
"State committee on protection of state border of
Ukraine". In all corners of a panel are gold wreathes from
oak and laurel leaves. At the centre of wreathes are gold crossed
small swords and keys, imposed on them. The free parties of a
flag are decorated by gold fringe.
Flagstaff is wooden and black. A flagstaff top is sagittate from
yellow metal, at which centre is heraldry sign of of State
committee on protection of state border of Ukraine.
On a basis of a flagstaff top attached a double green tape with
bow. Edges of a tape framed by gold. The tape contains the motto,
written by the gold letters: "Safety of border means power
of the state" and ornamental pattern with the gold oak and
viburnum foliage. On one end of a tape is the Volodymyr The Great
State's Sign, on another end is the Boundary armies of Ukraine
emblem. The ends of tapes are decorated by gold fringe."
Dov Gutterman, 26 August 2002
image
from www.heraldry.com.ua
At napvu.km.ua:
"Shtandarta Golovi Dierzhavnogo komitietu u spravah ohoroni
dierzhavnogo kordonu Ukraini – Komanduvacha Prikordonnih viysk
Ukraini" (Standard of the Head of State Committee of Ukraine
Border Defence – Commander in Chief of Border Forces).
Dov Gutterman, Mariusz Borkowski and Victor
Lomantsov, 23 June 2002
From www.heraldry.com.ua:
"Gonfalone of the Boundary armies of Ukraine Commander – It
was confirmed by the Decree N 594/2001 of President of Ukraine
from August 7th, 2001. Gonfalone of the Chairman of State
committee on protection of state border of Ukraine – Boundary
armies of Ukraine Commander – is the crimson square panel by the
size 90?90sm with the mark of State committee represents on
protection of state border of Ukraine. A panel on perimeter
enframed by gold and ornamental pattern from oak and viburnum
foliage. The free gonfalone ends are decorated by gold fringe.
The contemporary side has no images. Flagstaff is black and
wooden. On the flagstaff top is sagittate from yellow metal, at
the centre of it is heraldry sign of State committee on
protection of state border of Ukraine. The top edge of a
gonfalone is attached to pipe by cord."
Dov Gutterman, 26 August 2002
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image
from www.heraldry.com.ua
From www.heraldry.com.ua:
"It was confirmed by the Decree N 594/2001 President of
Ukraine from August 7th, 2001. The Boundary armies of Ukraine
emblem is a vert direct equilateral cross with the missing ends
and or metal edging.
At the centre of an emblem is the or Volodymyr The Great State's
Sign on an azure field in a wreath from or oak leaves."
Dov Gutterman, 26 August 2002
image located by William Garrison, 20 July 2023
The text on the President's website (located by William Garrison) states:
"In addition, the President presented battle flags to the 3rd separate
assault brigade of the AFU Ground Forces, the 5th separate assault
brigade of the AFU Ground Forces, the 15th mobile border guard
detachment of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine and the
Special Police Department 'Joint Assault Brigade of the National
Police of Ukraine (Lyut)'" (picture).
So this is a flag of the 15th mobile border guard detachment of the
State Border Guard Service of Ukraine.
Rob Raeside, 20 July 2023
