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Asami Terajima

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Asami 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.

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Ukraine war latest: Russia again strikes Ukraine’s energy system

Ukraine war latest: Russia again strikes Ukraine’s energy system

by Asami Terajima

Key developments on Oct. 11 * Russia launches nearly 30 missiles, 7 airstrikes across Ukraine, targeting critical infrastructure * Russia kidnaps another senior official from occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant * Zelensky calls for international observers to monitor Ukraine-Belarus border * G7 vows to support Ukraine ‘as long as it takes’ Russia continued to

Ukraine war latest: Ukraine advances into Kherson, Luhansk oblasts

Ukraine war latest: Ukraine advances into Kherson, Luhansk oblasts

by Asami Terajima

Key developments on Oct. 5 * Ukraine liberates 3 settlements in Kherson Oblast, reportedly 6 more in Luhansk Oblast * Putin signs decree to formalize Russia's illegal seizure of Europe’s largest nuclear plant * Putin signs ‘documents’ to formally annex Ukraine’s 4 partially occupied regions * Russia fires 3 missile strikes, 2

Ukraine war latest: Ukraine advances 30 kilometers in Kherson Oblast, settlements liberated

Ukraine war latest: Ukraine advances 30 kilometers in Kherson Oblast, settlements liberated

by Asami Terajima

Key developments on Oct. 4 * Ukraine advances around 30 kilometers in Kherson Oblast * Russian troops withdraw from Kharkiv Oblast * Russian parliament approves annexation of 4 Ukrainian regions * Russia fires five missile strikes, one airstrike across Ukraine Editor's note: Shortly after this story was published, President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed that Ukraine

Ukraine war latest: Ukraine making more gains in east and south

Ukraine war latest: Ukraine making more gains in east and south

by Asami Terajima

Key developments on Oct. 3 * Ukrainian forces advance in east and south * Russia hits medical facility in Kharkiv Oblast with a missile * Russia fires 2 missile strikes, 7 airstrikes across Ukraine Ukraine pushed ahead with its counteroffensive on Oct. 3, reclaiming control over settlements in the country’s east and

Ukraine war latest: Russian strike kills 30 as Moscow declares biggest land grab in Europe since World War II

Ukraine war latest: Russian strike kills 30 as Moscow declares biggest land grab in Europe since World War II

by Asami Terajima

Key developments on Sept. 30 * Russia declares annexation of Ukraine’s occupied eastern and southern regions * Ukraine applies for fast-track NATO accession * Ukraine advances in Donetsk Oblast * Russian strike on evacuation convoy in Zaporizhzhia Oblast: At least 30 killed, 88 wounded Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sept. 30 declared the

Ukraine war latest: Sham annexation ‘referendums’ in Ukraine’s occupied regions continue, Putin allies react to mobilization in Russia

Ukraine war latest: Sham annexation ‘referendums’ in Ukraine’s occupied regions continue, Putin allies react to mobilization in Russia

by Asami Terajima

Key developments on Sept. 25 * Sham referendums on joining Russia continue in the occupied parts of Ukraine’s Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhia oblasts. * Media: Russia to ban military-age men from leaving the country starting Sept. 28 * Russia fires 4 missile strikes, 7 airstrikes across Ukraine * Zelensky: 2 more mass

Ukraine war latest: Kremlin plans to hastily annex occupied regions as Russians rush abroad in wake of mobilization

Ukraine war latest: Kremlin plans to hastily annex occupied regions as Russians rush abroad in wake of mobilization

by Asami Terajima

Key Developments on Sept. 22 * Russia attacks Zaporizhzhia’s telecommunication facility ahead of sham “referendums.” * Russia launches 4 missile strikes, 17 airstrikes against Ukraine. * Ukrainian forces continue inflicting logistical damages in occupied Kherson Oblast. Russia's hastily-planned sham "referendums" in occupied parts of eastern and southern Ukraine are set to start

Ukraine war latest: Moscow’s proxies in 4 regions announce dates for ‘referendums’ to join Russia, Ukraine and West denounce the plan

Ukraine war latest: Moscow’s proxies in 4 regions announce dates for ‘referendums’ to join Russia, Ukraine and West denounce the plan

by Asami Terajima

Key developments on Sept. 20 * Moscow’s proxies in the occupied territories of four Ukrainian regions say they will hold “referendums” to join Russia on Sept. 23-27. * Russia launches 7 missile strikes, 20 airstrikes across Ukraine * Erdogan alleges Putin willing to end the war in Ukraine * Moscow’s missile strike

Ukraine war latest: Intelligence points to potential turning point in war as Ukraine liberates over 300 settlements

Ukraine war latest: Intelligence points to potential turning point in war as Ukraine liberates over 300 settlements

by Asami Terajima

Key developments on Sept. 13. * Ukraine liberates more than 300 towns and villages in Kharkiv Oblast * About 150,000 Kharkiv Oblast residents freed from Russian occupation * Ukraine continues its southern counteroffensive * Russia masses artillery fire across Donetsk Oblast's front line Ukraine recaptured more than 300 settlements in northern Kharkiv Oblast,

Ukraine war latest: Ukraine reportedly liberates Kharkiv Oblast settlements in its second recent counteroffensive effort

Ukraine war latest: Ukraine reportedly liberates Kharkiv Oblast settlements in its second recent counteroffensive effort

by Asami Terajima

Key developments of Sept. 7: * Unconfirmed reports that Ukraine liberates settlements near Balakliia in Kharkiv Oblast * Southern counteroffensive continues in Kherson Oblast * A Russian missile strike hits a psychiatric hospital in Kramatorsk * 1 dead, 2 missing after a missile strike on Sloviansk Ukraine’s military appears to have launched an

Ukraine war latest: Ukraine liberates more villages in the south

Ukraine war latest: Ukraine liberates more villages in the south

by Asami Terajima

Ukraine’s Southern Operational Command reported on Sept. 6 that several settlements in Kherson Oblast were liberated by the Armed Forces. Operational Command’s spokeswoman Natalia Humeniuk said that the military is now conducting demining in those areas and will give more details shortly. Ukraine has also been active in

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