While staying in Khmelnytskyi, President Volodymyr Zelenskyi visited Bohdan Khmelnytskyi National Academy of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine.

The head of the state got acquainted with the changes in the work of the institution after the beginning of the full-scale russian invasion. At the meeting, the rector of the academy, Major General Oleksandr Lutskyi, emphasized that they have strengthened military training.

Speaking with lyceum students, cadets and instructors of the institution, Volodymyr Zelenskyi noted that the functions of the State Security Service of Ukraine had significantly expanded due to the war. Border guards not only protect Ukrainian borders, but also master various types of equipment and perform combat tasks on the front line. In particular, drone operators have shown an effective result at the front.

"Border guards showed themselves at the highest level. They performed all combat tasks absolutely bravely and professionally. The Border Guard Service is expanding its skills because of the war. Of course, when the war ends, all these skills will not go anywhere. And such a number of EW and drone system operators, all these specialists should stay and deal with the modern border of Ukraine already in peacetime," the President said.

Volodymyr Zelenskyi also inspected the equipment currently used by Ukrainian border guards. These are armored vehicles, MLRS, artillery, drones, electronic warfare equipment.

Since the beginning of the war, 9 consolidated detachments have been created on the basis of the academy, which performed combat tasks in the area of Kyiv, Gostomel, Bucha, Moschun, as well as on the eastern border of our country.

234 servicemen of the academy were awarded with state awards for their courage and heroism,, 10 graduates were awarded with the title of Hero of Ukraine and the award of the Golden Star, 7 of them – posthumously.