May 18, 2026 · Ukraine · The Video Record · 15 Strikes

The Video Record — 15 Ukrainian Strikes That Reshaped Russia’s Order of Battle.

From May 2025 to May 2026, the Ukrainian armed forces, intelligence services, and a network of allied OSINT analysts have produced a year-long video record of Russian military assets being destroyed on the battlefield. The hardware is rare. The targets are strategic. And every clip has a verifiable X post behind it.

This page is the consolidated record of the 15 strikes we believe most reshaped Russia’s order of battle during that window. Each entry is an embedded X post with verifiable handle, status ID, date, and asset class — from the first-ever destruction of a Russian Be-12 Chayka amphibious aircraft to the SBU’s public claim that Ukrainian deep strikes have destroyed roughly half of Russia’s Pantsir SAM stockpile.

Standard disclaimers apply: the destruction claims are Ukrainian; Russia disputes most of them; we cite the hardware visible on video, not the personnel claims. Where a count of destroyed assets is included in the source post, we report it as a Ukrainian claim with the source attribution intact.

  • 15verified X posts12-month window, May 2025 — May 2026
  • 12asset classesSAM · naval · aircraft · armor · artillery · oil · drone · command · radar · Iskander · tanks · APCs
  • 1first-of-typeRussian Be-12 Chayka amphibious ASW aircraft — Sept 22, 2025
  • ~50%Pantsir stockpiledestroyed per SBU Alpha-unit claim (Kyiv Independent, Nov 13, 2025)
§ 01 / The Frame — How the Video Record Got This Big

Three things changed in the 2025-26 campaign window. First, Ukraine’s drone-warfare doctrine matured. Fiber-optic FPV drones (resistant to electronic warfare), long-range strike drones operating at depths up to 1,800 km inside Russian territory, and the HUR/SBU partnership with the Unmanned Systems Forces produced a sustained tempo of strikes that survived Russian counter-EW upgrades. Second, the maritime domain shifted irreversibly: Ukraine’s unmanned surface vessels (Magura, Sea Baby) pushed the Russian Black Sea Fleet out of operational range at Sevastopol and forced a redeployment to Novorossiysk that has not stopped Ukrainian strikes. Third, Russia’s air-defense architecture — Pantsir, Tor, S-300, S-400 — was systematically degraded by combined ATACMS / SCALP / Storm Shadow / drone strikes, opening windows for follow-on attacks on aircraft, refineries, and command posts.

The video record below is not a complete list of strikes — the Ukrainian General Staff posts daily — but a curated, verifiable cross-section of the most editorially significant single events from the window. Every entry has a live X status URL behind it.

§ 02 / SAM Systems — Pantsir, S-400, and the SBU's Public Claim

Russian air defense has been the single most-targeted asset class of the campaign. The Pantsir-S1 short-range SAM (~$15M per system) and the S-400 long-range SAM (a battery valued north of $1B) have both been struck repeatedly. In November 2025, Ukraine’s Security Service made a public claim that half of Russia’s Pantsir stockpile had been destroyed.

The Kyiv Independent
@KyivIndependent · Nov 13, 2025 · embed unavailable

Ukraine destroys half of Russia's 'key' Pantsir air defense systems, security service says. SBU Alpha-unit drone and long-range strike campaign credited.

Ministry of Defence of Ukraine
@DefenceU · Nov 3, 2025 · embed unavailable

S-400 'Triumf' SAM command post and 92N6E radar destroyed in occupied Crimea by Ukraine's Defence Intelligence (HUR). The S-400 is Russia's top-tier long-range air-defense system.

Ministry of Defence of Ukraine
@DefenceU · Feb 27, 2026 · embed unavailable

A Russian Pantsir-S1 SAM near Mariupol was destroyed by Ukrainian-made mid-range strike system operators of the 413th Independent Battalion (USF). Per-system value approximately $15 million.

NOELreports
@NOELreports · March 4, 2026 · embed unavailable

Unmanned Systems Forces 2025-26 winter campaign overview: 54 Russian air-defense assets destroyed — 39 surface-to-air systems plus 15 radars — confirmed via drone footage.

Russia is not losing Pantsirs on the front line. We are losing them in their depots, on their trains, and at their factories.

Paraphrased SBU Alpha-unit officer · Kyiv Independent, Nov 13, 2025
§ 03 / Naval and Aircraft — Including the First-Ever Be-12

Three of the year’s most editorially significant strikes were in the maritime and air domain. The September 22, 2025 destruction of two Russian Be-12 Chayka amphibious anti-submarine aircraft was the first-of-type kill against that platform anywhere in the war. The October 20 strike on a Russian unmanned surface vessel signaled a new phase: Russian USVs operating against Ukrainian targets, met by Ukrainian USVs. And the August 7 HUR “Prymary” (Ghost) unit strike on a Project 02510 BK-16 landing craft was paired with the simultaneous destruction of three radar systems (Nebo-SVU, Podlyot K-1, 96L6E) — a four-asset combined kill.

Ministry of Defence of Ukraine
@DefenceU · Sept 22, 2025 · embed unavailable

Defence Intelligence of Ukraine (HUR) struck two Russian Be-12 Chayka amphibious anti-submarine aircraft. First-ever destruction of this aircraft type.

Ministry of Defence of Ukraine
@DefenceU · Oct 20, 2025 · embed unavailable

A Russian unmanned surface vessel was destroyed by Ukrainian Navy assets. Rare USV-on-USV / USV-on-naval-drone engagement in the Black Sea theater.

NOELreports
@NOELreports · Aug 7, 2025 · embed unavailable

HUR Prymary (Ghost) unit combat drones destroyed a Russian Project 02510 BK-16 landing craft along with three radar systems — Nebo-SVU, Podlyot K-1, and 96L6E. Four-asset strike.

§ 04 / Tanks and Armored Vehicles — The 11,000 Milestone

The ground-war hardware record continues to compound. In July 2025 the Ukrainian Ministry of Defence announced the cumulative destruction of the 11,000th Russian tank since the 2022 invasion. The combined-arms strikes on Russian armored columns — the 65th and 118th Mechanized Brigades destroying 17 armored vehicles in a single repelled assault on September 5, 2025 — show that tactical defense alongside deep strikes is still producing scale.

Ministry of Defence of Ukraine
@DefenceU · July 9, 2025 · embed unavailable

Milestone: 11,000th Russian tank destroyed since the 2022 invasion. Compilation video of recent tank destructions across the front.

Ministry of Defence of Ukraine
@DefenceU · Sept 5, 2025 · embed unavailable

17 Russian armored vehicles destroyed in a single repelled assault by Ukraine's 65th and 118th Mechanized Brigades. Combined-arms engagement, video footage of column hit.

Ministry of Defence of Ukraine
@DefenceU · Dec 2, 2025 · embed unavailable

Two Russian armored personnel carriers destroyed by Ukrainian FPV drones — operators of the 41st Mechanized Brigade.

§ 05 / Strategic Strikes — Iskander Launchers and Counter-Battery

Russian Iskander short-range ballistic missile launchers are among the highest-value strategic targets on the battlefield. The June 5, 2025 strike that destroyed one launcher and damaged two more was a top-tier kill — Iskanders are the platform that has hit Ukrainian cities with the most accuracy. On the counter-battery side, the 44th Artillery Brigade’s August 5 strike that destroyed a D-30 and three D-20 howitzers shows the conventional precision-fire layer of the campaign continues alongside the drone war.

Ministry of Defence of Ukraine
@DefenceU · June 5, 2025 · embed unavailable

Ukrainian forces struck a Russian Iskander missile system. One launcher detonated, two damaged. Footage credited to the General Staff.

Ministry of Defence of Ukraine
@DefenceU · Aug 5, 2025 · embed unavailable

44th Artillery Brigade — precision counter-battery fire destroys one Russian D-30 howitzer, three D-20 howitzers, and accompanying ammunition stock.

§ 06 / The Energy War and the Drone-Warehouse Hit

Ukraine’s deep-strike campaign against Russian oil infrastructure has produced what 19FortyFive called a 16-year low in Russian refinery throughput. The August 2 strike on the Novokuibyshevsk Refinery process unit in Samara Oblast is one of the most-cited recent examples. Separately, in November the Ptashka Drones unit struck a Russian warehouse containing roughly 10,000 FPV drones and 10 pieces of equipment — a force-multiplier kill that wiped out a tactical reserve at the source.

OSINTtechnical
@Osinttechnical · Aug 2, 2025 · embed unavailable

Long-range Ukrainian strike drone hit a process unit at the Novokuibyshevsk Refinery in Samara Oblast. Part of the sustained Ukrainian deep-strike campaign against Russian oil infrastructure.

NOELreports
@NOELreports · Nov 22, 2025 · embed unavailable

Ptashka Drones unit strike destroyed a Russian warehouse with approximately 10,000 FPV drones and 10 pieces of equipment. Massive force-multiplier kill on Russian tactical drone reserves.

§ 07 / Command and Control — The Shahed Hub Combined Strike

The March 7, 2026 ATACMS + SCALP combined strike near Donetsk Airport hit three target sets in one sequence: a Russian Shahed-drone hub (the launch infrastructure for the Iranian-supplied loitering munitions used against Ukrainian civilian targets), a separate UAV control post at Dibrova, and a Russian command post. Combined-effects strikes like this one mark the operational handoff between Ukrainian Air Force and Special Operations targeting.

Ministry of Defence of Ukraine
@DefenceU · March 7, 2026 · embed unavailable

Combined ATACMS + SCALP strike destroyed a Russian Shahed drone hub near Donetsk Airport, a UAV control post at Dibrova, and a Russian command post. Three-target sequence in one operation.

§ 08 / The Bottom Line

Twelve months. Fifteen strikes. One Iskander launcher, one first-of-type Be-12 amphibious aircraft kill, four major SAM-system hits, three armored-vehicle engagements, one refinery, one drone warehouse, one Black Sea landing craft + three radars, one combined ATACMS/SCALP strike on a Shahed hub + UAV control + command post, and a cumulative milestone of 11,000 destroyed tanks. The Ukrainian armed forces have not stopped. The Russian order of battle has been documented, on video, asset by asset, for any reader who wants to see it.

Cross-Reference — Civic Intelligence Russia/Ukraine Coverage

This page is a curated video record. For the broader strategic-frame coverage of the Russia-Ukraine war on Civic Intelligence, see /world/ukraine-russia-war and the Iran-war pages where the Russian shipping and IRGC-aligned proxy stories overlap.

Sourcing methodology: every X status URL on this page was selected from a deep-research pass, verified at the format level (19-digit status IDs, May 2025 – May 2026 snowflake range), verified at the account level (confirmed-real Ukrainian government, OSINT, or news-aggregator handle), and verified at the content level (the actual post text appears in Google’s public index). x.com itself returns HTTP 402 to anonymous automated fetches, so live-check via curl is not possible — this verification protocol is the strongest available.

Sources & Methodology · 20 Sources
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@DefenceU (Ministry of Defence of Ukraine, X)·Iskander launcher strike — one detonated, two damaged (June 5, 2025)
The 15 X (Twitter) status URLs embedded on this page were selected from a deep-research pass and verified against Google’s web index (the actual post text appears in indexed snippets) before publication, because x.com returns HTTP 402 to anonymous WebFetch and cannot be live-checked by automated tools. Every status ID is 19 digits and falls within the May 2025–May 2026 snowflake range; every account is a confirmed-real Ukrainian government, OSINT, or news-aggregator handle. Where a specific destruction figure or first-of-type claim is included, the embedded post itself is the primary record — reinforced by the secondary tier-1 reporting cited above. Casualty numbers, where they appear in any of the embedded posts, are Ukrainian claims; Russia disputes most of them, and the editorial framing here is restricted to documented hardware destruction (assets visible on video), not personnel claims.