326th Heavy Bomber Division
Identification
This record matches the 326th Heavy Bomber Aviation Division of Russian Long-Range Aviation, headquartered at Ukrainka/Seryshevo air base in Amur Oblast. Open reporting also links the division to Belaya air base in Irkutsk Oblast, which explains why the placemarks split between Ukrainka and Belaya rather than one single cantonment. ([janes.com](https://www.janes.com/osint-insights/defence-news/defence/ukraine-conflict-russia-relocates-bombers-to-far-east-as-ukraine-targets-western-bases?utm_source=openai))
Disposition
The most consistently corroborated current structure is a Tu-95MS element at Ukrainka and a Tu-22M3 element at Belaya. Janes' 2025 reporting names the 182nd Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment at Ukrainka, while RUSI identified the 200th Guards Heavy Bomber Regiment as permanently deployed at Belaya; an LLNL workshop summary likewise places the division at Ukrainka and notes bomber movement between Ukrainka and Belaya. ([janes.com](https://www.janes.com/osint-insights/defence-news/defence/ukraine-conflict-russia-relocates-bombers-to-far-east-as-ukraine-targets-western-bases?utm_source=openai))
Geographic relevance
The division underpins Russia's Pacific-facing bomber posture. Japan's National Institute for Defense Studies recorded Tu-95MS aircraft flying from Ukrainka to the Sea of Okhotsk and Sea of Japan during 2013 snap inspections, and an LLNL summary notes that a November 2022 China-Russia joint patrol departed Ukrainka before landing at Zhejiang Air Base in China. ([nids.mod.go.jp](https://www.nids.mod.go.jp/english/publication/east-asian/pdf/2014/east-asian_e2014_06.pdf))
Recent posture
As of mid-2025, Ukrainka was also being used as a dispersal or reception field after attacks on western bomber bases; Janes reported Tu-95s relocating there from Engels-2. The division's Belaya element then suffered confirmed losses in Ukraine's 1 June 2025 Operation Spiderweb: AP analysis of satellite imagery found at least three Tu-95 and four Tu-22M bombers destroyed at Belaya. A Reuters-reported German military assessment said a fifth intended strike on Ukrainka failed. ([janes.com](https://www.janes.com/osint-insights/defence-news/defence/ukraine-conflict-russia-relocates-bombers-to-far-east-as-ukraine-targets-western-bases?utm_source=openai))
Confidence gaps
Some placemark labels remain open-source ambiguous. Specialized ORBAT databases still list the 79th Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment at Ukrainka, but Janes' 2025 reporting singles out the 182nd as the clearly active Tu-95 unit there. Public reporting on Belaya centers on the 200th Guards regiment; historical and OSINT accounts describe the 444th regiment as disbanded in 2009, so a presently active 444th at Belaya is not publicly confirmed. ([ww2.dk](https://www.ww2.dk/new/air%20force/regiment/bap/79tbap.htm?utm_source=openai))