StrikeMap — AI OSINT Timeline for Conflict Journalists
An AI-powered workspace for conflict journalists and OSINT analysts that aggregates open-source reports of drone strikes, missile attacks, and front-line movements into a verified, time-stamped map with per-source credibility scores.
conflict journalists and OSINT analysts covering the Russia-Ukraine war and other active conflicts
- Map plus timeline view of strikes with source-by-source verification scores and confidence tags
- Auto-clustered event detection that flags coordinated attacks (e.g. 400-drone overnight raids) vs. isolated hits
- Per-incident source dossier with Telegram channels, X posts, video stills, and geolocation attempts
- Exportable incident reports with embedded evidence ready for publication or newsroom filing
Drone-and-missile exchanges between Russia and Ukraine are accelerating, and journalists manually scraping Telegram and X can't keep up with events like a 400-drone overnight strike on Moscow.
OSINT for Ukraine is a well-established, active field with institutional support (Bellingcat, Transitions, info-res.org confirm widespread journalist adoption), but free tools already saturate the core need.How OSINT shaped reporting on the war in Ukraine ↗OSINT on the Front Lines in Ukrainian War ↗
Space is crowded with overlapping free products: WarStrikes.com (Telegram/X aggregation, SENTINEL threat scoring, multi-theater, already shipping), LiveUAMap, DeepStateMap, GeoConfirmed, and Bellingcat's Civilian Harm timemap — StrikeMap would be a near-clone.WarStrikes.com — Live Global Conflict & Strike Tracker ↗Liveuamap ↗GeoConfirmed — Open-Source Conflict Geolocation ↗
Free, ad- and donation-supported models dominate (WarStrikes runs on ads + Ko-fi); Bellingcat's curated toolkit is free; paid OSINT platforms (OSINT Industries) target a different use case. Newsroom budgets are tight, signaling weak willingness to pay.WarStrikes.com Reviews ↗OSINT Platform Pricing Plans | OSINT Industries ↗
Multiple active theaters (Ukraine, Sudan, Yemen, Israel/Gaza/Lebanon, Syria) keep demand alive in the medium term, but conflicts are cyclical — Ukraine resolution or de-escalation could collapse the niche overnight.WarStrikes.com — Active Conflict Zones Monitored ↗
WarStrikes.com already demonstrates the full pipeline — Telegram/X scraping, rule-based geo-extraction, source aggregation, credibility labels, multi-theater maps — so the technical stack is proven, though legal/ethical risks around Telegram scraping and harm-risk content remain.WarStrikes.com — Live Global Conflict & Strike Tracker ↗