Amy B. Zegart
Editor’s Note: Wishing you a happy Thanksgiving from all the team at The Counteroffensive.
We marked the holiday (mostly) in the dark, and put together a short video so you could see how we pulled it off (hint: we used chicken legs since turkey wasn’t …
Ukrainian forces mounted a series of successful counterattacks in Pokrovsk, reversing the momentum in areas where Russian troops had aimed to push forward. Ukrainian special forces also carried out an operation to eliminate a Russian sabotage team in …
In Bashkortostan, educational institutions held an event marking the deaths of 8,000 residents from the region killed in the war in Ukraine. The reaction was so sharp that many institutions began removing their posts.
Preschools, schools, colleges …
About the author: Kseniya Kvitka is an assistant researcher with Human Rights Watch’s Europe and Central Asia Division. She is based in Kyiv.
As I sat down to write this, my apartment, like many others in Kyiv, routinely went dark.
My internet router …
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the negotiations on a peaceful settlement in Ukraine are continuing despite criticism and the publication of purported transcripts of talks between Russian and American officials. Materials first labeled as fake …
Russia’s armed forces have taken the village of Promin outside Myrnohrad and Vysoke (formerly Krasne) near Hulyaipole, according to analysts. On parts of the front, the line has shifted by 1–2 km. Which positions are now 5–12 km behind the new line? …
Finnish Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen says that if a peace agreement imposes a cap on the number of troops in Ukraine’s Armed Forces, the same limit should be set for the Russian army.
In her view, Moscow is unlikely to approve it, but such a move …
An explosive leak implicating top U.S. negotiator Steve Witkoff in shady dealings with Russia has sparked shock and astonishment not only in the U.S. but also in Ukraine.
According to conversations leaked by Bloomberg on Nov. 25, U.S. President …
Ukrainian military says fortifications, EW systems and personnel destroyed as Russian forces take losses near Chasiv Yar
A Ukrainian defensive operation is ongoing around Chasiv Yar, a town almost entirely captured by Russian forces, the military …
EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas called for ramping up pressure on Russia to improve the odds of the current US initiative to end the war in Ukraine.
“To secure the best outcome for Ukraine and Europe, we …
Restarting the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant under both Russian and Ukrainian control as part of any peace deal would be practically impossible in the plant’s current condition, several experts told the Kyiv Independent.
Under a 28-point peace …
"When you want it bad, you get it bad." That’s how one of my colleagues on the Clinton National Security Council staff described the problem when a U.S. administration chases after an objective so hard that it either forgets what it set out to …
