# The Counteroffensive with Tim Mak

> A war correspondent's open notebook, reporting live from Kyiv. Human stories that illustrate what’s happening during the war in Ukraine, and elsewhere on the frontlines for democracy. Issues 3x a week!

- **Platform:** substack
- **Category:** Politics
- **Subscribers:** 138K
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- **Monthly growth:** -0.6%
- **Last updated:** 2026-10-14
- **URL:** https://counteroffensive.substack.com
- **Profile:** https://newsletterinsights.io/newsletter/counteroffensive

## Recent Posts

- [Foreign fighters risk prison back home](https://www.counteroffensive.news/p/foreign-fighters-risk-prison-back)
- [Chinese generators explode during Kharkiv blackouts](https://www.counteroffensive.news/p/chinese-generators-explode-during)
- [Russians stole my birthday](https://www.counteroffensive.news/p/russians-stole-my-birthday)
- [They’re attacking the railways](https://www.counteroffensive.news/p/theyre-attacking-the-railways)
- [Why Trump needs Ukraine to stop Iranian drones](https://www.counteroffensive.news/p/why-trump-needs-ukraine-to-stop-iranian)
- [The ‘anniversary effect’: Ukrainians live by a trauma calendar](https://www.counteroffensive.news/p/the-anniversary-effect-ukrainians)
- [Russia can't win war, its own analysts say](https://www.counteroffensive.news/p/russia-cant-win-war-its-own-analysts)
- [Trump's “energy truce" contradicts Putin's winter plans](https://www.counteroffensive.news/p/trumps-energy-truce-contradict-putins)
- [Trump's war added 10x more to diesel shock than Ukraine](https://www.counteroffensive.news/p/trumps-war-added-10x-more-to-diesel)
- [War threatens Ukraine’s checkers champions](https://www.counteroffensive.news/p/war-threatens-ukraines-checkers-champions)

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