Quality report
October 2026
How fast, how precisely placed and how often corrected WarStrikes was this month, and the goals we set for the next. Every figure is counted from the data, and the method is stated under it.
How fast reports arrive
7 min
median time from a source publishing a report to WarStrikes collecting it. 85% arrive within 30 minutes, 68% within 10.
4,079 public reports, from the time each source published to the time WarStrikes collected it. Public pages show a new report once its clean title is ready, at most 10 minutes later. 21 reports whose source clock was ahead of ours are left out.
Before the news
147
Events first appeared on official or OSINT channels, a median of 97 min before any news outlet reported them.
Counted over the 580 Events that news outlets or wire services also reported; most WarStrikes reports come from news outlets themselves. Times are when each source published. An earlier report is where the Event first appeared, linked so you can check it. 1,333 Events had a report this month; 499 have more than one source.
How precisely Events are placed
7.2 in 10
Events in the conflict regions placed to a district, a city or an exact site.
1,236 Events first reported this month in Russia–Ukraine, Israel, Gaza, Lebanon, Iran, the Gulf, Yemen and the Red Sea, Syria and Sudan. Each Event states how precisely its place is known, from its reports, and is never placed more precisely than that.
Worldwide coverage
Since late October WarStrikes also follows the rest of the world: 88 Events outside the conflict regions this month, about 3 a day. Reports from elsewhere are often broader; 2.7 in 10 are placed to a district or better, and placing the 33 still without a country is one of our next goals.
Our goals for December 2026
| Goal | Measured | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Reports collected within a median 7 minutes of publication, 85% within 30 | 10 min · 79% within 30 | Not yet |
| 7 in 10 Events in the conflict regions placed to a district or better | 6 in 10 | Not yet |
| Every Event outside the conflict regions placed at least in its country | 16 without a country | Not yet |
| Every reader correction decided within 48 hours | none received | Met ✓ |
Measured: November so far. Next month’s report shows each goal as met or not.
Corrections
No reader sent a correction this month. Every report page has a form for it, and a person reviews each one: a correction changes the report and adds a dated revision, a withdrawal removes it from the map. Send a correction
About this report
Published every month for the month before, from the same data as the map, the Events and the API. Nothing is estimated or typed in. Figures for a finished month are fixed a day after it ends.
How sources are labelled and Events are built: Methodology · Sources · For teams