The structure of the State Border Service of Ukraine stationed in Crimea until 2014. It combined the departments and border guard stations in the seaports, coastal settlements and Simferopol airport. It also had three detachments of the Maritime Border Guard stationed in Balaklava, Kerch and Yalta, which had a fleet of ships and boats to patrol the sea. In 2014, the facilities of the Crimean border guards were blocked and seized alongside with the Ukrainian military bases. On 03/01/2014, the command of the Maritime Guard detachments stationed in Balaklava and Kerch managed to evacuate most of the ships and boats to the ports on the mainland of Ukraine.
