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 — 2026-09-27

Iran claims second US drone seizure; Russia escalates air campaign with 2,200+ drones in week

Russia conducted a massive week-long aerial assault on Ukraine deploying over 2,200 attack drones, approximately 1,650 aerial bombs, and 38 missiles including ballistic variants. This represents a significant escalation in the intensity of Russia's air campaign and reflects sustained commitment to attrition-focused operations. Multiple Russian reconnaissance drones transited Ukrainian airspace over Kyiv Oblast, Chernihiv Oblast, and Kharkiv Oblast during the reporting period, indicating continued surveillance operations supporting strike coordination. The Kremlin warned that providing Starlink data for deep-strike operations inside Russia would be 'very harmful, potentially dangerous and reckless,' signaling concern over Ukrainian capabilities and international support mechanisms.

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy claimed seizure of a second REMUS 600 underwater surveillance drone in the Strait of Hormuz through electronic-warfare operations, with data extraction reportedly underway. This follows ongoing tensions over maritime operations in the critical waterway. Iranian Army Chief General Hatami issued a threat that Iran will not permit enemies to use the Strait while Iranian trade access remains restricted, framing the waterway as a symbol of national dignity. These statements reflect escalating Iranian rhetoric regarding freedom of navigation and foreign military presence in the region's most strategically vital chokepoint.

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