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Today’s dog of war is Rex, our new mascot. “Soldiers call each other ‘Rex’ when they're impressed with how good you are, or sarcastically when you’ve messed up,” said Ross, my interpreter and reporting partner.

Let’s hope for more Rexes of the former, and less of the latter.
05:02 PM - Apr 25, 2023
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Tim Mak
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And I’ll make every effort to respond to your email, DM and chat messages.

If you subscribe, I write and work for you now.

Please sign up here: www.counteroffensive.news
05:01 PM - Apr 25, 2023
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Tim Mak
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Many of you already know me from my reporting on the war in Ukraine thus far. Together we’ve watched as the war unfolded, with disastrous effects on the civilian population.

Now I need your help for that to continue.
05:00 PM - Apr 25, 2023
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Tim Mak
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This will all be combined with tenacious reporting about the battlefield situation, alternating between the forty-thousand-foot view of brigades and divisions, and the fascinating minutiae of how troops are faring on a human level.
04:59 PM - Apr 25, 2023
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Tim Mak
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They will also experience the cruelties of war: walking through bombed out cities with Ukrainian soldiers; late-night conversations in a bomb shelter with a four-star general; observing war crimes that the Russian military and Putin are responsible for.
04:59 PM - Apr 25, 2023
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Tim Mak
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Readers will come with me to cities all across Ukraine, tasting the soups made by Ukrainian chefs, meeting the heroic animal shelter volunteers in encircled cities, and listening to patriotic Ukrainian music that’s making a comeback.
04:58 PM - Apr 25, 2023
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But we are not asking for contributions for contribution's sake. You get something powerful in return: reporting that serves a public interest mission, that engages and educates.
04:58 PM - Apr 25, 2023
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Tim Mak
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Your support buys us what we need to report: body armor, medical kits, car rentals, recording equipment, and emergency supplies. And it’s not just gear – hiring my Ukrainian interpreter and partner Ross costs thousands of dollars a month.
04:58 PM - Apr 25, 2023
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Tim Mak
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Right now, I’m paying for all our expenses myself.

For $8 per month – less than a bottle of Sriracha! Or a bowl of pho! – you can be a supporter of regular reporting on the war in Ukraine: a combination of investigative reporting and the moving, personal stories of this conflict
04:57 PM - Apr 25, 2023
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Tim Mak
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It’s in that spirit that I’m launching this dangerous and expensive venture.

Readers can't do anything about the danger, but they can help us have the gear we need to mitigate risk. And they can help us not go into crushing debt in order to bring the news to the public.
04:57 PM - Apr 25, 2023
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Tim Mak
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It’s a bet that there are enough of you out there to support an ambitious project like this.

As I was driving recently I listened to an interview with my colleague Michel Martin, explaining why she made a major career move.

“Be brave,” she said. “Do something hard.”
04:57 PM - Apr 25, 2023
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Tim Mak
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Leaving a steady job at an established institution like NPR for an unproven venture is a big bet.

It’s a bet that readers still care about the human toll that this war is taking.

It’s a bet against cynicism, and ignorance, and apathy.
04:56 PM - Apr 25, 2023
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Tim Mak
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If you subscribe to this email newsletter, what you’ll get is an open reporter’s notebook from the frontlines of an emerging Cold War: war correspondence by subscription. You’ll get regular and intimate dispatches about what it’s like to cover the largest war in Europe since WWII
04:56 PM - Apr 25, 2023
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Tim Mak
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In this second year of the devastating full-scale war between Russia and Ukraine, I’m looking to use modern means to satisfy these old instincts: a Substack newsletter from a war zone.
04:56 PM - Apr 25, 2023
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Tim Mak
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War correspondence is almost as old as war itself.

As long as there have been humans fighting, those humans have wanted to find ways to bring their stories home.
04:56 PM - Apr 25, 2023
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Tim Mak
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Many of you know me as an investigative correspondent and former U.S. Army combat medic. And many of you have read along as we traveled to nearly every major Ukrainian city.

I want to keep that conversation going.

After all…
04:55 PM - Apr 25, 2023
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The Counteroffensive will cover the spring Ukrainian counteroffensive.

But the name is meant to signify a broader campaign: against apathy, cynicism and ignorance about world events in general and the emergence of a new Cold War in particular.
04:55 PM - Apr 25, 2023
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I’ll be launching a new email newsletter, ‘The Counteroffensive,’ to cover the war going forward.

There, you’ll find a direct connection to me and my reporting, whether a free or paid subscription.

SIGN UP HERE NOW: https://counteroffensive.s...
04:55 PM - Apr 25, 2023
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Hi!
08:19 PM - Apr 23, 2023
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