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Interior Troops
Vnutrishni Viys'ka

Interior Troops of Ukraine is a military formation. It is subordinated to the Ministry of Internal Affairs and executes missions and functional responsibilities in sphere of public order protection, important facilities protection, fighting against crime. The Interior Troops modern annals is conducting since March 26, 1992 after the Law of Ukraine "About Interior troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine" was ratified. The Interior Troops activities are based on principles of legitimacy and humanism, respecting the person, public rights and freedoms.

The Interior Troops stages of development have been starting since March 27, 1811, when according to the Decree of the Russian Emperor Alexandre I the batallions of internal guards were created. In different times the public security guardians had different names: Internal Military Guards, Local Troops, Escorting Guards, Internal and Escorting Guards, Interior Troops. There was only one - special character of service, public order protection, protection of the condemned and arrested persons, important facilities protection, fighting against crime.

Interior Troops missions

• Protection and defense of the important state objects, objects of military maintenance of Internal Ministry of Ukraine
• Special cargoes escorting
• Visiting control on protected objects
• Escorting of condemned and arrested persons and protection of the defendants during judicial processes
• Prosecution and detention of the persons who have run away from guards
• Public order protection, fighting against crime
• Extraordinary situations consequences liquidation on protected objects
• Foreign states diplomatic missions security (on Ukrainian territory)

The existing military education system provides training of high-skilled specialists for Interior troops. Moreover, the officer personnel training is realized in the military education system of the Ministry of Defense, Border Guards, Ministry of Internal Affairs as well.

The main purpose of Interior troops international military cooperation is to achieve close and friendly cooperation with similar foreign military formings, which execute the same tasks and missions. Interior troops has arranged close relations with similar structures of Russia, Byelorus, France, Italy, Spain, Turkey, Romania, Egypt. With similar formings the following documents were signed:

• Protocol On cooperation between Interior troops of Ukraine and Gendarmerie of Romania
• Protocol On cooperaton between Main Department of Interior troops of Ukraine and Main Command of Interior troops of Russian Federation
• Memorandum On intentions of cooperation between Interior troops of Ukraine and Gendarmerie of Turkey
• Technical agreement On cooperation between Main Department of Interior troops of Ukraine and General Command of Carabineer troops of Italy
• Agreement On cooperation between Interior troops of Ukraine and Department of Energy of USA

Morever, Interior Troops performs the obligations according to the international military cooperation documents signed by National Guards of Ukraine with similar structures of Egypt, Argentina and Latvia.