According to prevent illegal activity at the border the units of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine are using innovative approaches and all means including aviation.

There is too much area to use aviation. Such as rescue and search operations, use as a transport, and so on. But the main field of using aviation remains monitoring of the state border.

Aviation is using since the beginning of the special border operation “Zahid 2023” (West 2023). The pilots are using light patrol helicopters type Airbus H-125 and light aircrafts Diamond type.

Since the beginning of the year, crews fulfilled 1565 flights. During the flight, the crews in the online regime are transmitting information about persons and vehicle detections, and signs of the border violation preparation. Such a job is significantly facilitating and accelerating prevention of the illegal activity in the border area.

It is become possible due to the modern cameras with the FLIR system. With this system, operators have the opportunity to detect objects within a few kilometers remaining invisible. Besides, all spotted objects are saved with photos and videos. In total, flight crews transmitted about 690 messages about signs of preparation for the border violation or border violations.

Besides, pilots are conducting flight patrols of the rear area of the controlled border area, they are detecting places of illegal cutting of trees, forest fires, and other violations or emergencies.