What are Alerts?
The Alerts layer shows current air-raid, drone, and missile activity on the map for Ukraine and Russia. It's built from reports aggregated from public channels and refreshed roughly every minute, so the highlighted areas reflect what is currently being reported.
There are two parts: the alert layer itself, which shows activity across the map, and your watched areas — regions you choose to follow so you can receive notifications when they come under alert.
Reading the colors
A zone's color reflects what is known about the alert, not simply how dangerous it is:
- Red — an alert is active, but the threat type is not yet known; treat it as an urgent warning
- Orange — a specific, fast-moving threat with little time to react: ballistic and cruise missiles, guided bombs, artillery, jet-powered drones
- Yellow — a specific, slower-moving threat with more time to react: propeller drones such as Shahed / Geran
- Gray — the alert has ended; shown briefly before the zone clears (see “When an alert ends” below)
As new reports come in, a zone's color can change — for example from red to yellow once the alert is identified as a single slow drone.
Oblast and raion
Alerts are tracked at two levels. A region-wide alert covers the whole oblast, shown as its individual raions rather than one solid block. A report that names a specific raion colors just that raion.
When a raion has its own report while its oblast is under alert at the same time, each area still shows a single color — whichever best describes what is currently known for it. So one oblast can display several colors at once, each on its own area and never layered on top of another.
Threat icons
Within an active zone, icons mark the type of threat being reported — drones, missiles, and aircraft each have their own icon, placed at the approximate location of the report. A single zone can carry more than one icon when different threats are reported at the same time.
When an alert ends
When an alert is lifted, the zone turns grey for about ten minutes as a brief all-clear window, then clears from the map. In the Alert Hub, the card for that area switches to grey and shows a “cleared” line with the time.
Watching an area
Long-press a raion (Ukraine), a region (Russia), or a district (Israel) on the map to start watching it. Zoom in first — these areas are small, and a long-press only works once they are large enough to tap accurately.
A watched area is added to your list and outlined in green whenever it is calm. From then on you receive a push notification whenever it comes under alert, even when the app isn't open. Long-press the area again, or use the ✕ next to it in the hub, to stop watching.
The Alert Hub
Open the Alert Hub from the 🚨 button on the map toolbar. It lists your watched areas. Areas that are currently under alert are sorted to the top, most recent first; the rest follow below. Each row shows the area's flag and name, and its current state: a green outline when calm, grey when an alert has just cleared, or a solid threat color when it is active.
When a watched area is under alert, its card expands below the row with the threat type, when the alert started and how long ago, its status, and the reported direction. Tap the card to open the full details.
Alert details
Tap an alert icon, a highlighted zone, or a card in the hub to open its details: the area name, current status, threat type, and every source report that contributed to it — including the original message and when it was posted.
When an alert covers your watched area through its parent oblast, the details show the oblast alert that triggered it.
Notifications
You receive a push notification whenever one of your watched areas comes under alert, and a brief green notification when that alert ends. Tap a notification to go straight to the affected area and its hub — no searching required.
A master switch in Alert settings mutes every watched-area notification at once.
Alert layer & settings
The general alert layer — every alert, everywhere — can be turned on or off from Layers. Alerts for your watched areas remain on the map regardless of that setting.
In Alert settings you can also choose which countries and threat types appear; the map always shows the raw picture, while these filters apply to the hub and to notifications.