UCM to be discontinued
Dear Subscriber,
We want to let you know that UCM and BSU will be discontinued. The last UCM issue will be published around the Easter weekend (29-31MAR).
After that, we will use Substack to intermittently publish free thoughts on the war, Belarus and Russia. If we prepare a large analytical piece, we will advertise it here, too.
As for the payments you have already made, we will be issuing prorated refunds in early April.
The reason behind the decision is that the UCM is no longer profitable. We have seen a decline in the number of subscribers for many months and tried to keep the service going for as long as possible. From our point of view, the situation is a bit ironic. The fate of Ukraine will likely be decided this year. But we also understand that people are genuinely tired and disinterested in this war.
It is what it is.
If you have any questions, please feel free to drop me a note at office@rochan-consulting.com
Best,
Konrad
I went off ISW a while back. Yours is the best there is. I look forward to seeing where you go from here!
Sad. But I would find it worth continue the subsciption if you'd change the format. A lot of issues debated right now - force recreation, mobilisation on the Ukrainian side, defence-industrial sustainability on the Russian side -- would benefit from your insight, yet are not well suited for weekly updates.