Ukrainka Ukrainka/Seryshevo
Украинка/Серышево
Belogorsk,Amur Oblast in Russia
Satellite imagery of Ukrainka air base
Site information
Type	Air base
Owner	Ministry of Defence
Operator	Russian Aerospace Forces
Controlled by	Long-Range Aviation
Location
Ukrainka Shown within Amur Oblast Show map of Amur Oblast Ukrainka Ukrainka (Russia) Show map of Russia
Coordinates	51°10′12″N128°26′42″E / 51.17000°N 128.44500°E /51.17000; 128.44500
Site history
Built	1955 (1955)
In use	1955–present
Airfield information
Identifiers	ICAO: UHBU,LID: ЬХБУ
Elevation	235 metres (771 ft)AMSL
Runways Direction Length and surface 03/21 3,500 metres (11,483 ft) Concrete

Ukrainka (Russian: Украинка; also known asOokrainka andSeryshevo) is one of Russia's largest strategicLong Range Aviation bases in theRussian Far East. Located inUkrainka,Amur Oblast,Russia, 28 km north ofBelogorsk, and 8 km north of the town ofSeryshevo, it is a major nuclear bomber base, with large tarmacs and nearly 40revetments.

The base is home to the79th Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment and the182nd Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment both of the326th Heavy Bomber Aviation Division.^[1]

In 1955, Ukrainka was one of only six Soviet bases capable of handling theMyasishchev M-4 (NATO: Bison) bomber. TheTupolev Tu-22 (NATO: Blinder) operated from the base in the 1960s-1970s, and by the 1980s, its fleet consisted of a large number ofTupolev Tu-95K22 (NATO: Bear-G) and a smaller number of Tu-95K (NATO: Bear-B) aircraft. By 1994, all of the early Tu-95 variants had been replaced by the Tu-95MS (NATO: Bear-H). In 1998, it had 16 Tu-95MS16 and 27 Tu-95MS6 aircraft, according toSTART I treaty documents.

Units stationed at Ukrainka have included:

• 73rd Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment (73 TBAP), with 42 Tu-95 bombers in the mid-1990s, many fromDolon.
• 40 Gv TBAP (40th Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment) withMyasishchev 3M bombers starting in 1957, and Tu-95,Tupolev Tu-134, andAntonov An-26 aircraft through the 1980s and 1990s.

Tu-95 bombers that made up the 1023rd and 1226th TBAPs atDolon in theKazakh SSR were withdrawn to Ukrainka after the USSR dissolved in 1992.^[2][3]

In 2007, units stationed at the base included:^[4]

• 326th Heavy Bomber Aviation Division (326 TBAD) headquarters, which arrived fromSoltsy-2 in theLeningrad Military District in 1998, and was probably disbanded in 2009–2010.^[5] Under control of37th Air Army from October 1994. The division remained a core element at Ukrainka in 2020 with one regiment (flyingTupolev Tu-22M Backfire) also deployed at theBelaya air base.
• 79th Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment (79 Gv TBAP), withMyasishchev 3M bombers starting in 1957, and Tu-95s through the 1980s and 1990s.
• 182nd Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment (182 TBAP), flyingTu-95MS aircraft as recently as 2006.

The other two regiments listed under the control of the 326th TBAD byAirForces Monthly in 2007 were the 200th Heavy Bomber Air Regiment atBelaya, near Irkutsk, and the 444th Heavy Bomber Air Regiment atVozdvizhenka (Ussuriysk).

In 2009 there were extensive Air Force reductions. Strategic bomber units were reduced to three, with Ukrainka becoming the home of the 6952nd Air Base (warfare.ru reporting that it was the former 79th Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment).^[6]

On June 1, 2025, as part ofOperation Spider's Web, an attack on this air base was repelled as the truck carrying FPV drones exploded.^{[citation needed]}

• List of military airbases in Russia

"Planes of Distant aircraft of Russia will lead start-up of cruise missiles on the purposes on range near Vorkuta (2006)". arms-tass.su.

• Soviet Long Range Aviation bases
• Russian Air Force bases
• Airports in Amur Oblast

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