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
Saudi Arabia faces missile strain as Houthi attacks persist; Ukraine sustains intense operational tempo
Operational tempo on the Ukrainian frontline remains sustained and high, with the General Staff reporting 264 combat clashes across all fronts on October 12. Russian forces conducted 73 airstrikes utilizing 238 guided bombs and deployed 8,985 kamikaze drones in a single day of operations, representing continued intensity in aerial and unmanned weapons employment. These figures illustrate the scale of kinetic activity across the theater and the reliance of Russian forces on attrition-based tactics employing expendable munitions and drone swarms against entrenched Ukrainian positions.
The Houthi movement continued its cross-border ballistic missile campaign against Saudi Arabia on October 12, striking the city of Abha in Asir Province in southwestern Saudi territory. This attack represents an escalation in the pattern of strikes targeting Saudi infrastructure and civilian areas that has characterized the conflict over recent months. The operation demonstrates the group's sustained capability to conduct long-range strikes despite Saudi air defense efforts, maintaining pressure on the Kingdom's critical infrastructure and civilian population centers.
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