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. 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. 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 the Red Sea. 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 — 2026-09-16
Houthis claim F-15 shootdown; Shahed drone waves target Ukraine; regional diplomacy intensifies
Ukrainian special forces confirmed the elimination of Russian Major General Anton Grunis, commander of the 4th Motor Rifle Brigade operating in the Bakhmut-Kostiantynivka sector, through released video documentation. The General Staff reported 208 combat clashes across all fronts on 16 September, with Russia conducting 71 airstrikes deploying 233 guided bombs, 4,704 kamikaze drone sorties, and 1,250 artillery strikes. Ukrainian forces responded with strikes on Russian ammunition depots, drone storage facilities in Donetsk city, a Su-24 at Saky airfield in Crimea, and reconnaissance equipment in occupied Crimea, maintaining attrition pressure across multiple domains.
Houthi forces released video footage claiming the successful shootdown of a Saudi F-15 fighter jet over Marib province using locally manufactured surface-to-air missiles, with additional claims of intercepting two additional F-15s over Taiz. Saudi Arabia has not confirmed aircraft losses. The claims, if verified, would represent a tactical escalation in Houthi air defense capabilities. Simultaneously, Saudi air defenses intercepted a drone approaching Mecca, with Houthis denying responsibility. These incidents underscore the persistent air dimension of Yemen's conflict despite the May 2025 ceasefire framework.
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