Michael Andersen has covered people, places and power in Europe (including Ukraine) and the former USSR for 30 years (this blog was previously called Two Grumpy Old Men on Ukraine).
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[RANT] Vladimir, Donald, Anna Politkovskaya. And war.
A Ukrainian first responder carries the body of a young child killed in Pryluky, 7 October 2026. At least 22 people were killed in the Russian attack on a residential area, including five children.
BY MICHAEL ANDERSEN
It is amazing...
“Kyiv is now de facto a frontline city”
The view from Oleksiy’s window
By Oleksiy Kurka (resident of Kyiv, works in communications)
For a moment, I thought it was an ordinary plane overhead. But it was a jet drone. It makes the low roar of a commercial aircraft, and at fi...
Goebbels would be proud of you, Vladimir
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Is wartime the right or the wrong time to talk about sex, violence and consent?
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BY POLINA POLOZHENTSEVA (Photos by Ananya Gupta)
When I was a child, whenever an erotic scene appeared on-screen while I was wa...
Report from Kramatorsk - “bad things are in store, people are leaving”
My guest today is Anna Bowles.
In the interview, the British writer, editor and activist talks about why she spends four months of the year in Eastern Ukraine, supporting and writing about NGOs there - the local organisations that help peo...
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Michael Andersen has covered people, places and power in Europe (incl Ukraine) and the former USSR for 30 years (this blog was previously called Two Grumpy Old Men on Ukraine).
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