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Ukraine - Border Guard Flags

Overview
1999 Flags
- Ensign
- Jack
- Commander in Chief of Border Forces of Ukraine
- Chief of Staff of Border Guard Forces
- Commander of Navy of Border Guard Forces
- Military Commander of Border Guard Forces
- Assistant of Head of Navy Department of Border Guard Forces (or Deputy Military Commander of Border-Guard)
- Group Commander of Border Guard Forces
- Commander of Division Broad-Pennant
- Broad-Pennant of Senior Officer on Roadstead (or Border-Guard Senior Officer Afloat)
- Masthead Pennant
2001 Flags

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Overview

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, Ukraine 13 March 1999

Recently the flag of the border guard of Ukranie was changed. The new flag reminding very much to the obe of the independentist party of Taiwan (green, with double white cross).
Jaume Olle' , 6 November 1999

Some weeks ago I reported that Ukranie Border Guard adopted new ensign. Information was provided by Andre Rukkas that casually visited the headquartes. Image was already inclose in the issue 14 of Flag Report (currently in print). When Andrew visited the hedquarters the new flag don't are hoisted yet. The aproval date is 10 February 1999 but they are not hoisted until 4 November 1999.
Jaume Olle' , 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

1999 Flags

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

Ensign

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

Jack

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

Commander in Chief of Border Forces of Ukraine

by Željko Heimer, 11 May 2003

Flag of Commander of Border Forces of Ukraine - like ensign but with state CoA 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 posittion.
Željko Heimer, 11 May 2003

Chief of Staff of Border Guard Force

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