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# LiveUAMap

| **LiveUAMap**    | **Quick Overview**                                                                                                                                                        |
| ---------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| URL              | <https://liveuamap.com/>                                                                                                                                                  |
| What it does     | Aggregates publicly available reports of conflicts, military activity, protests, disasters, and other significant events, and displays the info on an interactive map.    |
| How to use it    | <p>Search for a country, city, or region of interest, filter events by date, category, or location, then</p><p>select map markers to view summaries and source links.</p> |
| Cost             | Free.                                                                                                                                                                     |
| Account required | No.                                                                                                                                                                       |
| Cookies          | Mostly advertising and user-tracking cookies.                                                                                                                             |
| Ownership        | Developed by Rodion Rozhkovskiy and Oleksandr Bilchenko, Ukrainian software engineers from Dnipro.                                                                        |
| Use in Reporting | Useful for monitoring developing events, identifying timelines, locating incidents geographically, and discovering original reporting sources                             |

### What does LiveUAMap do?

LiveUAMap provides a near real-time visual overview of conflicts, security incidents, humanitarian crises, protests, natural disasters, and other significant events worldwide. Rather than producing original reporting, it aggregates information from news organisations, government statements, official social media accounts, and other publicly available sources, displaying incidents as map markers linked to their cited source.&#x20;

**The lowdown:** It helps analysts identify emerging events by providing rapid situational awareness.

### How to Use:

**1. Search for the country, city, or region of interest using the search bar or navigate directly to a place of interest on the interactive map.**

**Note:** A lot of third-party adverts may pop up during your search which can get a little frustrating.

<img src="/files/NTVx1H4k7OoEJsf9cjQM" alt="" height="301" width="602">

**2. Filter events by date, category (e.g., military activity, explosions, protests, disasters), or geographic area to narrow the results.**&#x20;

<img src="/files/3koJAOYUrbhODEjeYfki" alt="" height="784" width="571">

**3. Select individual map markers to read the event summary, review timestamps, and follow links to the original reporting source for verification.**&#x20;

<img src="/files/F6m01SJdeWaLNZNwCR3o" alt="" height="661" width="522">

<img src="/files/obBRGMisXIO4VLJ0Yx8L" alt="" height="264" width="602">

### Cost

* [x] Free
* [ ] Partially Free
* [ ] Paid

## Data Processing

### Account Required:

* [ ] Yes
* [x] No

### Cookies:&#x20;

The site uses mostly advertising and user-tracking cookies. Several belong to companies involved in real-time bidding, where advertisers exchange anonymous identifiers to target ads.&#x20;

To reduce tracking, you may want to block third-party cookies in your browser.

### Use in Reporting

LiveUAMap is particularly useful during the early stages of breaking news or conflict reporting when you need to build situational awareness quickly. It helps identify where incidents are occurring, establish an initial timeline, and locate original reporting for further verification.

Typical reporting uses include:

* Monitoring conflict developments across multiple regions in near real time.
* Identifying the approximate location of reported incidents for geospatial analysis.
* Building incident timelines by reviewing chronologically mapped updates.
* Discovering original news articles, official statements, or social media posts linked from map entries.
* Supporting verification workflows by identifying corroborating reports before conducting deeper OSINT analysis.

[Reuters Institute](https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/15-tips-investigating-war-crimes-ukraine-and-beyond) specifically recommends LiveUAMap as a good starting point for obtaining coordinates before conducting deeper verification using Google Earth and Sentinel Hub.&#x20;

<table data-header-hidden><thead><tr><th width="271"></th><th></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>Capabilities</strong></td><td><strong>Limitations</strong></td></tr><tr><td>Aggregates reports from numerous public and official sources into a single interface.</td><td>Does not produce original reporting - relies entirely on external sources.</td></tr><tr><td>Displays incidents geographically on an interactive map.</td><td>Coverage varies depending on media availability and regional reporting.</td></tr><tr><td>Provides chronological updates that assist timeline construction.</td><td>Some events may appear before they’ve been independently verified.</td></tr><tr><td>Links to original report sources to support verification.</td><td>Event summaries and intentionally brief and may lack context.</td></tr><tr><td>Covers multiple event types including conflicts, protests, disasters, and political developments.</td><td>Historical searching and filtering can be more limited.</td></tr><tr><td><br></td><td>Uses third-party advertising and tracking cookies.</td></tr></tbody></table>

### Summary

LiveUAMap is best suited to the collection and initial triage stages of the OSINT workflow, helping analysts identify emerging events, develop preliminary timelines, and locate original reporting for subsequent verification.&#x20;

Because it is an aggregation platform rather than a primary source, information should always be corroborated with official statements, reputable news organisations, satellite imagery, social media verification, or other independent OSINT sources before being relied upon in reporting.

### Ownership

Developed by [Rodion Rozhkovskiy](https://www.linkedin.com/in/rozhkovsky/) and [Aleksandr Bilchenko](https://www.linkedin.com/in/bilchenko/), Ukrainian software engineers from Dnipro.

### Ethical Considerations

* Treat LiveUAMap as an aggregation tool rather than a primary source.
* Verify significant claims using multiple independent sources before publication.
* Consider reporting delays, misinformation, and information operations during active conflicts.
* Avoid drawing conclusions based solely on map markers or single-source reports.
* Be mindful that sharing precise locations of sensitive incidents may have operational or humanitarian implications.

### Related Tools:

* OpenStreetMap
* [OSINT.IN](/osint-tools/osnt.in.md)
* [Bamqam](/osint-tools/bamqam.md)
* ACLED&#x20;
* [Geoconfirmed](/osint-tools/geoconfirmed.md)

#### Sources

&#x20;<https://liveuamap.com/>&#x20;

<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liveuamap>&#x20;

<https://euromaidanpress.com/2021/07/29/five-ukrainian-startups-that-really-went-global/>&#x20;

<https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/15-tips-investigating-war-crimes-ukraine-and-beyond>&#x20;

<https://www.linkedin.com/in/rozhkovsky/>&#x20;

<https://www.linkedin.com/in/bilchenko/>&#x20;