Tim Mak5d ago

Good morning to readers; #Kyiv remains in Ukrainian hands.

Four mothers at The #Counteroffensive are raising children during the #war. One calls explosions thunder, another shows her #daughter photos of Shaheds. This Mother's Day, they share what it's like to explain the unexplainable. https://www.counteroffensive.news/p/how-mothers-explain-war-to-our-children

How mothers explain war to our children

The mothers of The Counteroffensive are raising children of different ages during the war. This Mother’s Day, they share their wartime dilemmas when their kids start to ask, “Mom, what was that?”

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Show threadTim MakMay 7

See the reality of the #war

Subscribe to The #Counteroffensive to discover real stories told straight from Ukraine.

Catch more exclusive insights through the link! https://www.counteroffensive.news

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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! Click to read The Counteroffensive with Tim Mak, a Substack publication with hundreds of thousands of subscribers.

Show threadTim MakApr 19
For the third anniversary of The #Counteroffensive, we gathered personal stories from our team — about who we imagined ourselves to be as children, how this journey has changed us, and which of those dreams survived when reality proved far more complicated.
Tim MakApr 19

Good morning to readers; #Kyiv remains in #Ukrainian hands.

The #Counteroffensive turns three. Meet the team as kids — a future #priest, a candy thief, a girl who cried reading her own essay aloud.

Read about their goals from childhood to now, and how war changed everything.

https://www.counteroffensive.news/p/once-we-were-just-kids-with-plans

Once we were just kids with plans

This month, The Counteroffensive turns three. We share our childhood dreams that shaped who they are today.

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Kyiv Independent Daily HeadlinesMar 10

Tuesday, March 10, 2026

Putin, Trump discuss Iran war, Ukraine in phone call -- Ukraine's Flamingo missile maker promises FP-9 ballistics will reach Moscow -- Russian hackers target Signal, WhatsApp in global cyber campaign -- Ukraine accuses Hungary of physical and psychological pressure on detained bank staff ... and more

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/03/tuesday-march-10-2026/

Show threadTim MakMar 5
In the last week, it has become rare in the Middle #East as well. Just a few weeks after The #Counteroffensive visited the capital’s air defense positions, the world would be stunned by waves of deadly drones thousands of kilometers away from #Ukraine.
Tim MakMar 3

We’ve launched a new Iran-centered publication where we’re providing up-to-the-minute coverage of the war from neighboring #Armenia.

Want The #Counteroffensive’s human interest lens, focused on the ongoing Iran war? Check it out via the link.

https://www.iranwar.news

Iran War Dispatches with Tim Mak | Substack

A publication to report on the war in Iran through the stories of people on the ground. Click to read Iran War Dispatches with Tim Mak, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.

Show threadTim MakFeb 28
At this time of international turmoil and fast-breaking news, you can’t keep track of it all without a #Counteroffensive subscription. Here’s what else happened while you may have been asleep.
Tim MakFeb 28

Our reporter Alessandra was asleep when her mom knocked. “Hey… are you awake? The U.S. attacked #Iran.”

That’s how The #Counteroffensive team’s Saturday started, springing into action and sending a newsflash on Iran before WaPo, #Politico, and #NYT.

Tim MakFeb 27

Here's what The #Counteroffensive is reading today:

#OpenAI deactivated #ChatGPT accounts linked to ‘Rybar,’ a #Russian #propaganda network.

#Rybar was using AI to create a social media ‘content farm.’ There were also requests submitted related to interference in #African elections.

https://openai.com/index/disrupting-malicious-ai-uses/

Disrupting malicious uses of AI

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