Michael Andersen

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Michael Andersen is the deputy-editor-in-chief at Euromaidan Press. Previously, Michael for many years covered Ukraine for Denmark’s Radio and Politiken, and has made a number of documentaries from the region. He specializes in long-form journalism, written or as podcasts, focusing on the consequences of geopolitics on the lives of the people we call "ordinary citizens."

Michael also runs the blog Two Grumpy Old Men on Ukraine, where he looks at the longer lines of Russia's war in Ukraine and the hesitant Western response.

In a parallel life, he has also run several larger media and civil society development projects in the former Soviet Union, most notably Ukraine, over the past 20 years.

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Analysis

Sanctions on Russia: Do they work? Why? Why not? Blame? Changes?

For the past 50 months, the West has steadily increased its sanctions on Russia – at least on paper. A conference in Kyiv this weekend is analyzing sanctions roll back, accountability, the role of civil society, war profiteering, Putin’s enablers, and which sanctions have worked and not.

USA hungary propaganda lies Ukraine far-right

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Opinion

Trump and Vance showed Europe’s far right how to weaponize Ukraine. Don’t expect them to stop.

For the White House, Ukraine is now reduced to a cheap punchline—lies and stereotypes they throw about—to aid the MAGA-European extreme right-Putin axis.

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Analysis

Trump’s Iran war lasted 39 days. The impact on Ukraine will last longer

Five weeks on, we are updating our analysis of the Iran war and its impact on Ukraine: what we got right, what we got wrong, and the moves that nobody saw coming.

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Opinion

Ukraine’s last friend in the Trump regime just walked away

Marco Rubio was supposed to be the exception—the adult in the room who understood how dangerous Putin is. But Marco has changed his mind. Ukraine and Europe should take note—because the guardrails are gone.

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International

Denmark outspends everyone on Ukraine. I walked the streets to find out why.

Danes head to the polls on 24 March, but Ukraine barely registers as a campaign issue—because 70% already agree on keeping the world's highest per-capita support going.

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Analysis

We scored every way the Iran war hits Ukraine. Two gains, eight losses.

We scored every military, economic, and geopolitical factor. The result isn't close.