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Michael Andersen @michaelandersen.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Russia is the defender. The West and Ukraine are the aggressors. Invasion is self-defence. And the people who were invaded become the people who supposedly started the war. Aha. (Oh, and guess what, Donald Trump bought it.) twogrumpyoldmenonukraine.substack.com/p/goebbels-w...

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Michael Andersen @michaelandersen.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

twogrumpyoldmenonukraine.substack.com/p/kyiv-is-no...

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Michael Andersen @michaelandersen.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Once again, I am reminded of the many times when American friends and colleagues (from both parties) have explained to me, a poor European, the absolute superiority of the US system of checks and balances....

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Michael Andersen @michaelandersen.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Russia is the defender. The West and Ukraine are the aggressors. The invasion becomes self-defence. And the people who were invaded become the people who supposedly started the war. Aha. (Oh, and guess what, Donald Trump bought it.) twogrumpyoldmenonukraine.substack.com/p/goebbels-w...

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Michael Andersen @michaelandersen.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Woke up early this Saturday morning with this on my mind (sorry?) 🤷 substack.com/@michaelande...

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Michael Andersen @michaelandersen.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Mark ‘Daddy’ Rutte always reminds me of the sound of chalk screeching on a black board - unpleasant, shrill, out of synch, even when the words are true and he is on the right side. substack.com/@michaelande...

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Michael Andersen @michaelandersen.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Alternatively, you could have tried to stop Putin killing Ukrainians…

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Michael Andersen @michaelandersen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

He should have been flushed out 12 years ago. ➡️ substack.com/@michaelande...

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Michael Andersen @michaelandersen.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

“Russia has clear goals for 'its' children: make them less inclined to think, increase the pool of potential soldiers, cut off their access to the outside world so they don’t learn about some European values.” (from our correspondent in Russia) twogrumpyoldmenonukraine.substack.com/p/from-russi...

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Michael Andersen @michaelandersen.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

3 lines in, you just start laughing - out of desperation. "Kimberly Guilfoyle was a long way from Mar-a-Lago. The U.S. ambassador to Greece—Donald Trump Jr.’s former fiancée...." And Donald handing out ambassadorships to his son's former lovers is the least of it www.wsj.com/articles/htt...

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Michael Andersen @michaelandersen.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Let's see how you will enjoy The Cheshire County League, Noel 🤣 Will you go visit your sheiks in prison?🤣 So, Man United DOES have 21 league titles 🤣 The word you are looking for, Noel, is CHEATS.

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Michael Andersen @michaelandersen.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

#PedroSánchez is the only European leader willing to openly confront #Trump - on Iran, Gaza, Ukraine, Venezuela and international law. (Warning: Contains harsh words between allies😉) twogrumpyoldmenonukraine.substack.com/p/in-new-yor...

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Michael Andersen @michaelandersen.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

58% of Americans give the same answer. 99,2% of Europeans. 😉

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Michael Andersen @michaelandersen.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

This John Wayne lingo may play well with (some) Americans. But let me tell you that the rest of the world - even the ones among us who detest the regime in Iran - find Trump’s lingo revolting, primitive and uncivilised. twogrumpyoldmenonukraine.substack.com/p/rant-the-c...

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Michael Andersen @michaelandersen.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗨𝗦 𝗣𝗢𝗖𝗞𝗘𝗧 𝗗𝗜𝗖𝗧𝗔𝗧𝗢𝗥 𝗜𝗦 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗠𝗢𝗦𝗧 𝗖𝗟𝗨𝗠𝗦𝗜𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗦𝗧 I have seen Russian, Uzbek, Belarusian, Azeri and Kazakh dictators more elegant when banning free media. "There is something wrong with a country that can allow negative press," the US prez says. Now watch the FOLLOW-UP. substack.com/@michaelande...

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Michael Andersen @michaelandersen.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Does anybody care? Does he? In most families, we tolerate the old, 'confused' uncle with a checkered past who doesn't get the parametres for normal human interaction and civilised norms - while Americans elect him as their president and send him to speak at the UN 😉 substack.com/@michaelande...

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Michael Andersen @michaelandersen.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

𝗠𝗜𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗟 𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗬 We all know that the Trump clan is corrupt. Old hat. But WHY have they all - for a decade - been peddling anti-Ukrainian propaganda⁉️ If you understand that = you understand international politics anno 2026. If not - not. twogrumpyoldmenonukraine.substack.com/p/phew-the-r...

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Michael Andersen @michaelandersen.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

When my son was 5 - a short 5-year old - every month he would proudly announce that he had grown 10 or 12 centimetres since the previous month. You do the math😉 - it is not difficult. Although apparently still beyond a majority of the people voting in US elections. substack.com/@michaelande...

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Michael Andersen @michaelandersen.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Let’s take a little stroll down memory lane..... twogrumpyoldmenonukraine.substack.com/p/phew-the-r...

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Michael Andersen @michaelandersen.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

𝗜𝘁 𝗮𝗶𝗻'𝘁 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗮𝘁 𝗢𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝗟𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝘀😉 One doesn’t want to get carried away at the ouverture, only to find the second and third acts of the Washington operetta '𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝑴𝒓 𝑷𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒏 𝑰𝒏𝒗𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒅 𝑼𝒌𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒆 (𝑶𝒓 𝑫𝒊𝒅 𝑯𝒆?)' every bit as disappointing as previous performances. substack.com/@michaelande...

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Michael Andersen @michaelandersen.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

For years, Don Jr. has lied about #Ukraine all on his own - well, following daddy’s lead, of course - perfectly willing to do the job for free. I guess that counts as a Trumpish sort of idealism 😉 twogrumpyoldmenonukraine.substack.com/p/phew-the-r...

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Michael Andersen @michaelandersen.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

This is just a joke. Probably. Maybe. Possibly. substack.com/@michaelande...

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Michael Andersen @michaelandersen.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

GO TO: twogrumpyoldmenonukraine.substack.com/p/stop-this-...

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Michael Andersen @michaelandersen.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

𝗗𝗢𝗡𝗔𝗟𝗗 𝗜𝗡 𝗜𝗥𝗘𝗟𝗔𝗡𝗗: “I didn’t know there was a protest. It can’t be a very big one ... I haven’t seen any protest, It’s a friendly protest." 𝗣𝗘𝗢𝗣𝗟𝗘 𝗜𝗡 𝗜𝗥𝗘𝗟𝗔𝗡𝗗: 👇

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Michael Andersen @michaelandersen.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

The latest from our Nataliia Bushkovska - a beautiful and utterly horrible story. twogrumpyoldmenonukraine.substack.com/p/dreams-tha...

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Michael Andersen @michaelandersen.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Any thoughts, folks? How do we explain these numbers? I have readers in all these countries, I know, so let’s hear, please. (Gallup poll, end 2025)

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Michael Andersen @michaelandersen.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

As soon as Uncle Vova sends it 😉

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Michael Andersen @michaelandersen.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

𝗧𝗥𝗨𝗠𝗣 𝗕𝗦 𝘃𝘀 𝗣𝗨𝗧𝗜𝗡 𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗟𝗜𝗧𝗬. 𝗧𝗥𝗨𝗠𝗣: "Putin is wanting to make a deal, if Zelensky is wanting to make a deal that would be very nice..." 𝗣𝗨𝗧𝗜𝗡: Kills 4 people and injures 40 in Sumy, bombing a shopping mall and a passenger train. substack.com/@michaelande...

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Michael Andersen @michaelandersen.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Tueday is limerick day. For the less poetic version of world affairs: substack.com/@michaelande...

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Michael Andersen @michaelandersen.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

This is something genuinely unique. First contribution from our new columnist, ‘Olga Rivers’. Bc of her work and family circumstances, Olga has a unique position that allows her to travel around Russia and talk to people at all levels of society. twogrumpyoldmenonukraine.substack.com/p/from-russi...

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Michael Andersen @michaelandersen.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

🤔 Does the son-in-law even know how condescending this sounds from a boy who knows zero about Ukraine? Kushner hopes for a "long-term, durable peace" that will allow Ukraine "to build themselves into the great nation that they have the fullest potential to achieve." substack.com/@michaelande...

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Michael Andersen @michaelandersen.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗘𝗣𝗟𝗔𝗬 𝗜𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗞𝗥𝗘𝗠𝗟𝗜𝗡 🤮 All is pretty clear and transparent here, I have only one question: Did BOTH the US representatives then go down on Putin, or only Stevie? FOR MORE DEEP-DEEP 😉 ANALYSIS substack.com/@michaelande...

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Michael Andersen @michaelandersen.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

READ FOR FREE: twogrumpyoldmenonukraine.substack.com/p/the-marta-...

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Michael Andersen @michaelandersen.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

"Putin, go fuck yourself" - graffitied on a garage in my Kyiv courtyard 7 years ago. The slogan became famous in Ukraine during the 2013–14 Euromaidan period and the subsequent Russian invasion. And it sadly still relevant.... substack.com/@michaelande...

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Michael Andersen @michaelandersen.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

11 years later - we still talk about our sanctions, Medvedev still has his white sneakers. And Putin is still killing Ukrainians. substack.com/@michaelande...

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Michael Andersen @michaelandersen.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

𝗪𝗥𝗢𝗡𝗚. 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗖𝗜𝗔 𝗜𝗦 𝗪𝗥𝗢𝗡𝗚. Putin’s problem is 𝗖𝗢𝗚𝗡𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗩𝗘. He interprets facts through a world-view that makes them mean something very different. Like 'Ukraine is not a real country.' 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 - 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗶𝘁 𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗱. twogrumpyoldmenonukraine.substack.com/p/seriously-...

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Michael Andersen @michaelandersen.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

𝗜𝗻 𝟭𝟱 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘀: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗦 𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗼 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 🫣

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Michael Andersen @michaelandersen.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

#TACO This pattern has repeated itself - each times in roughly a four month cycle - four times since Trump returned to the White House 18 months ago. twogrumpyoldmenonukraine.substack.com/p/putin-want...

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Michael Andersen @michaelandersen.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Is it too harsh to say that he is still delusional?

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Michael Andersen @michaelandersen.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

𝗢𝗣𝗧𝗜𝗠𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗖 𝗣𝗢𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗡𝗚 (𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲) In some years, when the orange menace is long gone....👇 To see how we got to that paradise, go to my Substack blog and follow the progress😉 substack.com/@michaelande...

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Michael Andersen @michaelandersen.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗗 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗘 #Ukraine twogrumpyoldmenonukraine.substack.com/p/in-ukraine...

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Michael Andersen @michaelandersen.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

My sources in Moscow say that a catering cart made of pure gold was then rolled off the plane, accompanied by a faint humming sound from inside. Some describe the sound as a muffled, gravelly voice endlessly chanting: “Winning, winning, winning." More analysis twogrumpyoldmenonukraine.substack.com

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Michael Andersen @michaelandersen.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

#Ukraine 🇺🇦 After four and a half years of war, supportive European words and even money are no longer enough. twogrumpyoldmenonukraine.substack.com/p/a-differen...

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Michael Andersen @michaelandersen.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

𝗨𝗸𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗲’𝘀 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 is radically different. And 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 are the ones who will decide whether the country survives. Zelensky doesn’t get this. Neither do many Western leaders. twogrumpyoldmenonukraine.substack.com/p/a-differen...

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Michael Andersen @michaelandersen.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

“Meeting with president Putin is a longstanding dream of Mr West’s," says the concert organisers 🤮 READ FOR FREE twogrumpyoldmenonukraine.substack.com/p/ye-formerl...

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Michael Andersen @michaelandersen.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗗 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗘 twogrumpyoldmenonukraine.substack.com/p/putin-want...

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Michael Andersen @michaelandersen.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

That is a brilliant idea, @Garry Kasparov You attack us at home, Vova = showing your bad intentions = we build our own forward security by supporting Ukraine to the max ‘Two birds with one stone’ 😉 ➡️ twogrumpyoldmenonukraine.substack.com

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