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 — 2026-10-08

Ukraine strikes deep Russian energy infrastructure; Houthis attack Riyadh airport as regional tensions escalate

Ukrainian forces executed three major strikes against Russian energy infrastructure on October 8, demonstrating sustained long-range strike capability deep within Russian territory. Long-range drones struck the Omsk Oil Refinery (Russia's largest facility, capacity exceeding 21 million tonnes annually) located approximately 2,300 kilometers from front lines, the Gazprom Neftekhim Salavat petrochemical complex in Bashkortostan igniting fires, and a Yandex data center in Sasovo causing complete operational shutdown and widespread service disruptions. These coordinated strikes targeted critical Russian energy and technological infrastructure, reflecting Ukrainian strategic intent to degrade Russia's war economy. Ukrainian sources indicated intention to conduct future strikes on Moscow using domestically produced ballistic missiles, signaling escalating ambitions in deep-strike capability.

The Houthi militia conducted coordinated strikes against Saudi Arabian targets on October 8, including a confirmed drone strike on a stationary Airbus A310 at Riyadh International Airport and a ballistic missile attack on Riyadh itself. The airport strike achieved documented direct impact; details on casualties and damage extent remain limited. These attacks prompted immediate aviation disruptions, with Lufthansa suspending flights to Riyadh through October 16 and Air India halting service through October 10. The incidents reflect continued Houthi capability to project force into Saudi airspace despite ongoing Saudi-led coalition operations. Pakistan confirmed its fighter jets are conducting airstrikes against the Houthis as part of the Saudi campaign, underscoring the coalition's multinational character.

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