On October 5, powerful interdepartmental competitions of special-purpose units of Ukraine in memory of the border guard Vasyl Poliakov started in the SBGS Main Training Center.

On October 5, powerful interdepartmental competitions of special-purpose units of Ukraine in memory of the border guard Vasyl Poliakov started in the SBGS Main Training Center.

Major General Serhii Serdiuk, Deputy Head of the State Border Guard Service, held the opening ceremony of the tournament.

The tournament is named after Vasyl Poliakov – the fighter of the 10th mobile border guard detachment, who selflessly served his Motherland and heroically perished nearby Dovzhanskyi in July 2014.

In the first stage of the “Reinforced obstacle course”, 18 participating teams overcame the most difficult distance of 1600 meters, which, by chance, consisted of 18 obstacles. There were no time limits in the race; the team’s score was the time of passing the finish line by the last competitor. It was obligatory to overcome all the obstacles without the possibility of changing the obstacles for other exercises. In case of breaking the rules, the team would return to the beginning of the obstacle.

In the next few days, the participants are awaited by the following rounds: “Captain Duel”, “Shooting Team Championship”, “Individual Arrow Championship” and “Military Relay Race”.

It should be noted that this year’s competition has debutant teams: from the State Guard Department – Bulat special unit and from the National Police – KORD special unit. We wish all participants strength and patience.

APC-80 under the command of Senior Sergeant Poliakov arrived to support the Armed Forces unit. The enemy killed Vasyl when he was trying to evacuate the wounded soldier.