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 — 2026-10-12

Houthi pressure mounts on Saudi air defense; Ukraine contests ceasefire terms as winter approach

The Kremlin formally rejected Ukraine's 60-day ceasefire proposal for elections on 12 October and stated Russia would not maintain a full cessation of hostilities during the election process. Moscow offered only a one-day strike pause to facilitate voting, conditional on undefined criteria. Separately, the Kremlin stated it was reviewing Ukraine's energy ceasefire request but confirmed non-agreement. President Zelensky reported that Ukraine learned about a Trump-proposed energy ceasefire from media rather than direct diplomatic notification, indicating lack of coordination on this initiative. Zelensky called on Russia to demonstrate commitment to an energy ceasefire while Ukraine continues infrastructure strikes, including reported destruction of seven of twelve storage tanks at the Rostov oil terminal.

The Houthi campaign against Saudi Arabia intensified on 12 October with documented ballistic missile strikes on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, captured on CCTV, alongside reported incoming drone and cruise missile threats. Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman reportedly relocated between heavily fortified, bunker-equipped palaces as attacks continue. Most significantly, Saudi officials confirmed to media outlets that Patriot air-defense interceptor stocks are critically depleted, creating a capability gap that threatens air-defense coverage during sustained bombardment. This ammunition shortage represents a tangible operational constraint that may degrade Saudi Arabia's ability to sustain current interception rates.

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