13th Missile Division
Identification
Military unit 68545 matches the 13th Orenburg Red Banner Missile Division, based in ZATO Komarovsky/Yasny in Orenburg Oblast; official Russian records place v/ch 68545 in Komarovsky, and open-source force-structure references place the 13th Missile Division there within the 31st Missile Army. ([favt.gov.ru](https://favt.gov.ru/public/materials/c/0/0/4/8/c0048992d3f839d20c4a350c8f1048e0.pdf?utm_source=openai))
Geolocation
The supplied placemarks strongly fit the Dombarovsky/Yasny ICBM complex if the coordinates are interpreted as lon/lat rather than lat/lon: the reversed HQ point aligns with a publicly listed divisional command-post bunker, the reversed 618th Communications Node aligns with a bunkered HQ radio/communications transmitter site, and the reversed regiment placemarks align closely with public coordinates for the 368th, 494th, 621st, 767th, and the uncertain 175th regiment sites. This is an analytic inference from the metadata plus public coordinates. ([ww2.dk](https://www.ww2.dk/new/rvsn/13md.htm?utm_source=openai))
Mission
This is a silo-based ICBM division of the Strategic Missile Forces and one of Russia’s heavy-missile basing areas. Russian official reporting states the first Avangard regiment entered combat duty in the Dombarovsky/Yasny formation in December 2019, another Avangard regiment entered duty in December 2022, and by December 17, 2024 Russian officials said two regiments in the Yasny division had been fielded with Avangard. ([tass.com](https://tass.com/defense/1036339?utm_source=openai))
Current missile mix
Open-source estimates in 2025 assess the 621st and 368th regiments as Avangard-equipped UR-100NUTTH silo regiments, while the 494th and 767th regiments remain active with R-36M2/SS-18 silos. The 175th regiment site is still identifiable in open sources, but FAS assessed its armed status as uncertain and not currently thought to be active with deployed missiles. ([pub.sergev.org](https://pub.sergev.org/pub/doc/Russian-nuclear-weapons-2025.pdf?utm_source=openai))
Support infrastructure
The division is centered on hardened silo fields, command facilities, and communications/support infrastructure across the Dombarovsky deployment area. Russian MoD reporting on Avangard rearmament described completed combat-launch infrastructure plus facilities for duty, preparation, and rest of launch crews; historical/open-source divisional records also list a 618th Communications Center and technical missile-support units, though their current organization is not fully public. The divisional area also supported Dnepr conversion launches from Yasny until 2015, indicating established logistics for heavy liquid-fueled missile handling. ([tass.com](https://tass.com/defense/1539059?utm_source=openai))
Modernization status
Dombarovsky is widely assessed in open sources as one of the planned deployment areas for the RS-28 Sarmat, but an operational Sarmat regiment at this division is not publicly confirmed as of March 12, 2026. FAS identified Dombarovsky as a future Sarmat basing division, while Pavel Podvig’s January 2026 assessment still counted 12 deployed Avangards there and older R-36M2 regiments; after the reported November 28, 2025 failed launch near Yasny/Dombarovsky, he assessed Sarmat deployment in 2025 as unlikely. ([fas.org](https://fas.org/publication/russian-silos-upgrade-underway-to-receive-new-sarmat-icbm/?utm_source=openai))