What is Intel Mapper

Intel Mapper is a live open-source-intelligence (OSINT) war map. It follows two theatres around the clock: the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and the wider Middle East, from the Israel–Lebanon front and Syria to Yemen, the Red Sea and the Gulf. Every marker on the map is a single, dated event: a strike, a shoot-down, a ground assault, a naval incident, a capture, or a significant political statement, placed at the most precise location the sources support.

Events are gathered from monitored Telegram channels, X accounts, official military statements (for example the Ukrainian General Staff) and mapping projects such as DeepState and the Wikipedia conflict maps. Each report is read by a language model that extracts what happened, who did it, where and when, and then passed through a chain of deterministic checks: duplicate detection across channels, geocoding against our own settlement gazetteer and OpenStreetMap, country and region consistency guards, and frontline snapping for close-combat reports.

Every event carries a confidence score and a source count. One channel claiming a strike is not the same as three independent channels plus satellite-derived thermal detections, and the map shows that difference. Uncertain locations are drawn with an orange ring instead of a hard pin. Our methodology page explains the scoring in detail.

How to use the map

Switch theatres with the buttons at the top. The layer panel lets you toggle borders and control zones, event markers, the heat-map of activity, live military flights and US bases, and the Recent changes layers that hatch every area which changed hands in the last seven days (DeepState for Ukraine, Wikipedia-derived control maps for the Middle East). Click any marker for the full report, media and sources; click a control zone for its statistics. The time slider at the bottom replays borders and the previous 24 hours of events for any day since February 2026. A daily brief for each theatre is published every evening.

Coverage areas

Ukraine war map. The full contact line from Kharkiv to Kherson, deep-strike campaigns on Russian refineries, air bases and logistics, and Russian drone and missile waves against Ukrainian cities, with control changes taken from DeepState.

Middle East conflict map. The Israel–Lebanon front, Syria after Assad, the West Bank and Gaza, Iraq, and Iranian activity, including strikes on shipping and Gulf infrastructure.

Yemen and Red Sea shipping attacks map. The Houthi–Government war, Houthi attacks on shipping, coalition strikes, and control of the Bab al-Mandab approaches, using the Wikipedia control map and verified capture reports.

Today's brief — 2026-10-11

Houthis strike Riyadh airport killing 12; Russia breaches Ukraine energy ceasefire

Ukraine's ceasefire negotiations with the United States face immediate implementation crisis. President Zelensky stated Trump's energy ceasefire announcement was news to him, indicating lack of prior Ukrainian coordination. Zelensky conditionally accepted the proposal, stating Ukraine will accept any ceasefire if Russia agrees and Trump negotiates with Putin. However, Russian forces conducted a major airstrike on CHP-5 power plant in Kharkiv shortly after the announcement, allegedly violating the U.S.-brokered agreement. Zelensky responded with his own conditional ceasefire proposal: Ukraine will halt attacks on Russian fuel infrastructure if Russia stops attacking Ukrainian civilians and children. A second proposal offered ceasefire on energy infrastructure specifically—Ukraine halting strikes on Russian oil refineries if Russia stops attacking Ukrainian energy facilities. Seven bipartisan U.S. senators accused the Trump administration of violating a 2022 Russian energy import ban by allowing Russian diesel into the United States.

The Houthi movement conducted a major ballistic missile attack on King Khalid International Airport Terminal 4 in Riyadh on October 11, reportedly killing 12 civilians and injuring dozens more. The strike ignited a fire that authorities worked to contain. The incident marks a significant escalation in Houthi capabilities and willingness to target Saudi Arabian critical infrastructure directly. Houthi sources claim concurrent attacks on Dammam airport and Aramco facilities in the Eastern Province. In response, a four-nation coalition of Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Pakistan, and Egypt issued a joint statement condemning the attacks as dangerous escalation and expressing support for Saudi countermeasures. Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu characterized the strike as a 'horrific terrorist attack,' and UN Secretary-General Guterres called for immediate de-escalation.

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