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 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 — 2026-10-14

Iran escalates maritime attacks; Ukrainian FPV drones strike Russian helicopter as regional tensions peak

Ukrainian air defenses intercepted 4 of 39 ballistic and cruise missiles and 115 of 128 attack and reconnaissance drones during overnight bombardment of 13–14 October, reflecting continued Russian attrition pressure but also significant Ukrainian interception effectiveness. A notable tactical development occurred when Ukrainian forces successfully deployed an FPV drone to strike a Russian Mi-28N attack helicopter in mid-flight, marking an escalation in aerial warfare complexity. Ukrainian forces also launched a major attack on Borisoglebsk airfield in Voronezh Oblast, with damage assessment pending. These strikes indicate Ukrainian drone warfare capabilities remain operationally effective despite emerging constraints from third-party technology restrictions. Russian ballistic missiles struck civilian targets in Kyiv, Kharkiv, and Lutsk, killing at least nine civilians and injuring additional non-combatants.

The Strait of Hormuz remains the focal point of Iranian maritime escalation. On 14 October, a UAE-flagged container ship, GFS PRIDE, struck a mine in the southern Strait corridor with three sailors reportedly injured and the vessel identified as sinking. The ship's AIS had been disabled for ten days prior to the incident, consistent with patterns of Iranian mine-laying and maritime interdiction operations. Concurrently, U.S. forces reportedly destroyed an Iranian-affiliated dhow conducting surveillance and targeting operations against American Navy vessels in the Gulf of Oman on 6 October, indicating sustained maritime friction. A U.S. drone strike also wounded three Iranian fishermen off Sirik. These incidents reflect an asymmetric naval campaign by Iran designed to raise risk premiums on Gulf shipping and demonstrate anti-access capabilities.

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