Michael Andersen

Michael Andersen

@michaelandersen.bsky.social

https://twogrumpyoldmenonukraine.substack.com/ Storyteller, Constant Gardener, ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ, Central Asia, Spain, football, books, occasional rant.

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๐—”๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€: - War Crimes 101 (practioner's guide) - Windows, tea and aeroplanes (practioner's guide) - Stealing, stealing, stealing - elections - Stealing, stealing, stealing - โ‚ฌ, $, ยฅ - 'Krasnov' (user's guide) (I really DID receive the announcement below ๐Ÿซฃ)

๐—›๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฐ. ๐—”๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜† ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ '๐—ต๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป.' The lives of millions ruined. Only because an old, bitter and corrupt man wants to control other people, their lives and thoughts, and be free to keep stealing. substack.com/@michaelande...

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๐—ฃ๐—จ๐—ง๐—œ๐—ก'๐—ฆ ๐—”๐—–๐—–๐—ข๐— ๐—ฃ๐—Ÿ๐—œ๐—–๐—˜ One of my faithful, clever subscribers says it best ๐Ÿ‘‡ (But I doubt that European politicians have the cojones. Sadly.) substack.com/@michaelande...

(๐—ฃ๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐—”๐—ฆ๐—”๐—ก๐—ง) ๐—•๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—”๐—ž๐—œ๐—ก๐—š ๐—ก๐—˜๐—ช๐—ฆ โ—๏ธ The fact that the British government is directly pointing out that the Americans have 'missed' that "President Putin has killed thousands of people" ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ฝ ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—น๐˜†๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ฏ. 1/2 substack.com/@michaelande...

๐——๐—ข๐—ก๐—ก๐—ฌ+๐—ฉ๐—Ÿ๐—”๐——: ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐—ฆ๐—›๐—œ๐—ง๐—˜ ๐—ง๐—ช๐—œ๐—ก๐—ฆ We all know the Greek myth of King Midas, who was granted the power to turn everything he touched into gold. Trump and Putin have visibly been โ€˜grantedโ€™๐Ÿ˜‰ the opposite touch: everything they touch turns to shite. They demand .... READ THE REST substack.com/@michaelande...

๐—ก๐—ข๐—ช ๐—ช๐—œ๐—ง๐—› ๐—–๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—–๐—ง ๐—ฆ๐—ข๐—จ๐—ก๐—— ๐—ง๐—ฅ๐—”๐—–๐—ž Some say this is AI. Maybe, becayse Putin does not much English. But, real or not, the video raises the question โ€“ what is in it for Donald? Over the next months, we at EUROPE FROM THE GROUND will be investigating, we will go deep deep. substack.com/@michaelande...

Look at these ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฝ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜๐—ผ๐˜€ โ€“ all from today. ๐—ฃ๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐—”๐—ฆ๐—˜. - In Kharkiv, Russian bombs killed six people, including three children. ๐—ข๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐˜†, ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—บ. 1/4

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3/4 - In Kryvyi Rih, 5 children from the same family were laid to rest. 5 other family members were buried in August. The remaining 5 could only be identified through DNA testing. In total, ๐—ฅ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฎ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฑ 10 ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—น๐˜†: 2 parents, seven of their children and an 18-month-old grandson.

4/4 Trump keeps repeating that Putin wants peace, while his son-in-law negotiates deals with Putinโ€™s regime. I must admit that I struggle to find words for ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐˜†๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—บ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ฝ ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป. And I find it unbelievable that US politicians can accept this. ๐—จ๐—ป๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ. substack.com/@michaelande...

Look at these ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฝ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜๐—ผ๐˜€ โ€“ all from today. ๐—ฃ๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐—”๐—ฆ๐—˜. - In Kharkiv, Russian bombs killed six people, including three children. ๐—ข๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐˜†, ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—บ. 1/4

๐—ง๐—ฅ๐—”๐—ก๐—ฆ๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ต: โ€˜I will tell you - as soon as Putin sends me the scriptโ€™ ๐Ÿ˜‰ Journalist question: You want Zelensky out. Have you forgotten that Putin started the war? Trump: Well, you know, I know the details, okay? And at some point I'll release the details ๐Ÿซฃ substack.com/@michaelande...

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๐—š๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐—ž๐˜†๐—ถ๐˜ƒ ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ: I honestly feel like we are guinea pigs for the world: โ€œHow much worse can it get for them before they surrender?โ€ twogrumpyoldmenonukraine.substack.com/p/it-feels-l...

2 writers-turned-evacuators direct harsh criticism at the international aid agencies for doing too little in Kramatorsk. โ€œThe big aid agencies are visible in Kyiv and Lviv - there are a lot of their expensive land cruisers parked outside restaurants in Kyiv and Lviv.โ€ substack.com/@michaelande...

substack.comReport from Kramatorsk (II) โ€“ โ€œThe big aid agencies do almost nothingโ€โ€œIn the West, we assume that the charities we donate to, are helping the people we read about in the news โ€“ they are not!โ€ - interview with two writers turned evacuators in Eastern Ukraine

๐—š๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐—ž๐˜†๐—ถ๐˜ƒ ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ: I honestly feel like we are guinea pigs for the world: โ€œHow much worse can it get for them before they surrender?โ€ twogrumpyoldmenonukraine.substack.com/p/it-feels-l...

๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—”๐—Ÿ ๐——๐—˜๐—”๐—Ÿ: While the arm chair experts are busy pontificating about โ€˜how Russians feel about Putin and the warโ€™ - ๐—ช๐—˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜† ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ป ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐——๐—˜๐—˜๐—ฃ ๐—œ๐—ก๐—ฆ๐—œ๐——๐—˜ ๐—ฅ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฎ. So, if you really want to knowโ€ฆ twogrumpyoldmenonukraine.substack.com/p/from-russi...

๐—ฆ๐—จ๐—ก๐——๐—”๐—ฌ ๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—™๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐—–๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก๐—ฆ Can you imagine how much better the world would be without these two old, bitter, crazy, nasties? Allow yourself to dream ... tea, windows? Crowdfunding? (asking for a Ukrainian friend) substack.com/@michaelande...

๐Ž๐‘๐€๐๐†๐„ ๐…๐”๐‘๐˜: โ€œ๐”๐ค๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ ๐ž๐ญ ๐š ๐ง๐ž๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ!โ€ Trump did NOT enjoy Zelensky calling him โ€œweakโ€ after Trump made the dodgy diesel deal with Putin - a deal that is breaking international sanctions and helping Russia in its war on Ukrainians. twogrumpyoldmenonukraine.substack.com/p/trump-neit...

๐—๐—จ๐—ฆ๐—ง ๐—ฆ๐—ช๐—œ๐—ฃ๐—˜ ๐—ง๐—จ๐—–๐—ž๐—˜๐—ฅ Honest people who do NOT admire dictators and aholes should just simply stay away from people like Tucker Carlsson. (Sad to say, but) There is no point, no perspective, no logic in having anything to do with him and his ilk. Just swipe. substack.com/@michaelande...

In a civilised country, any government minister who suggested this kind of barbarism would be fired immediately. (Come to think of it, in a civilised country, the president would never appoint a clown like Hegseth. Come to think of it, in a civilised country, Donald ....)

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....