The Counteroffensive with Tim Mak

Dec 3, 2023 | counteroffensive.substack.com | Tim Mak

Since our launch in late April, we have accumulated 45,000 subscribers. There’s a huge appetite for our compelling, human-centric reporting from Ukraine, especially given the decline in mainstream coverage of this war. But here’s the problem: relatively few people are paying for our journalism, despite the work we put our heart and soul into producing — and under stressful and dangerous conditions. Since June 1st, less than three percent of readers have converted to paid subscriptions.

Nov 30, 2023 | counteroffensive.substack.com | Iryna Matviyishyn

Editor’s Note: Paid subscribers are invited to register for our first Counteroffensive Zoom briefing, with Alexander Vindman and Ryan McBeth! We’re going to discuss the Winter war, the implications of dwindling Western support, and weapons that can change the conflict. Sunday Dec. 3 at 1pm Eastern. If you haven’t upgraded yet, what are you waiting for? Join us this weekend!JERUSALEM – It’s not in the nature of nuns to be political. In fact, it’s highly discouraged.

Nov 26, 2023 | counteroffensive.substack.com | Felicity Spector

Editor’s Note: MARK YOUR CALENDARS! Next Sunday, Dec. 3rd we’re holding our first Counteroffensive online Zoom event for paid subscribers: ‘Ukraine’s Lonely Winter – the Road Ahead As Western Support Chills.’Featuring special guests Alexander Vindman (who you may remember from the first Trump impeachment) and Ryan McBeth (our favorite weapons expert), we will discuss what the future holds. The event will occur at 10am Pacific, 1pm Eastern, 6pm in London and 8pm Kyiv time. It should last an hour.

Nov 19, 2023 | counteroffensive.substack.com | Tim Mak

Editor’s note: I’m totally burnt out after my latest trip to Turkey (coming from Kyiv requires more than two days of travel). So we are going to skip our midweek issue, and return with our next issue next Sunday Nov. 26. Help me take a load off my mind, by signing up for a paid subscription!Upgrade now!Ali Hajj Zakour was at work, manufacturing ceramic tiles, when a neighbor called. His home had been hit by a Russian airstrike. He rushed home to find his mother and sister dead, and his home ablaze.

Nov 16, 2023 | counteroffensive.substack.com | Myroslava Tanska-Vikulova

Editor’s note: I’ve just gotten back from the Turkish-Syrian border for a story that will be published in the next issue. If you want to read about the personal effects of Russia’s violence around the world, please subscribe and join us on our reporting journey!The first thing that strikes you about Serhii Zhukovskyi is his cheerful demeanor. It isn’t the fact that he lost both arms in the war. Or that his limbs were amputated almost to his elbows. You hardly even notice at first.