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Asami Terajima
ReporterAsami Terajima is a reporter at the Kyiv Independent covering Ukrainian military issues, front-line developments, and politics. She is the co-author of the weekly War Notes newsletter. She previously worked as a business reporter for the Kyiv Post focusing on international trade, infrastructure, investment, and energy. Originally from Japan, Terajima moved to Ukraine during childhood and completed her bachelor’s degree in Business Administration in the U.S. She is the winner of the Thomson Reuters Foundation's Kurt Schork Award in International Journalism 2023 (Local Reporter category) and the George Weidenfeld Prize, awarded as part of Germany's Axel Springer Prize 2023. She was also featured in the Media Development Foundation’s “25 under 25: Young and Bold” 2023 list of emerging media makers in Ukraine.
Articles

Analysis: Ahead of Trump's 'major' Russia announcement, what will happen next to Ukraine?

Dnipropetrovsk village likely contested despite Russia's claim of its capture

Ukraine to exit mine ban treaty, citing war demands, realities on the ground

As Russia inches closer to Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, new Ukrainian region might soon be at war

As 50,000 Russian troops amass, Ukraine's Sumy Oblast braces for potential large-scale offensive

Russia ‘testing’ Europe’s capacity to help Ukraine by intensifying air attacks

Bracing for more Russian attacks, an anxious Ukraine waits for Trump to do… something

Russia pushes forward in Donetsk Oblast, threatening Ukrainian pocket around Toretsk
We need to push Russia to stick to ceasefire, Estonian ambassador says

‘There we go again’ — For war-weary Europe, Trump-Putin call yet another signal to ‘wake up’

'Like a game of tennis' — Russia, Ukraine court Trump to avoid being blamed for peace talks failure

Amid missile shortage, Ukraine's air defenses are struggling under Russian ballistic attacks

Trump said Ukraine 'will be crushed very shortly' — this is why he's wrong

What's next for North Korean troops fighting for Russia? A possible Ukraine deployment, experts, officials say

Ukraine to continue fighting with or without Trump, experts say
Editors' Picks

Ukrainians grapple with how to memorialize a war still being fought

Kremlin exacts loyalty amid tightening crackdown on Russian elite

'We need to learn how to live without America' — Ukraine’s survival amid faltering US aid
