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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.

Articles

Ukraine war latest: Ukraine liberates villages in south and east

Ukraine war latest: Ukraine liberates villages in south and east

by Asami Terajima

Fierce battles continue as Ukrainian Armed Forces push Russians out of three villages in the east and south. President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukrainian forces liberated two villages in Kherson Oblast, and one village in Donetsk Oblast. Ukrainian forces have also advanced, gaining new heights. Despite not naming the liberated villages,

Ukraine war latest: IAEA inspectors continue mission at Zaporizhzhia plant as Russia cuts off gas supply to Europe

Ukraine war latest: IAEA inspectors continue mission at Zaporizhzhia plant as Russia cuts off gas supply to Europe

by Asami Terajima

As an International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) team carried out a mission to inspect the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, Ukraine’s major counteroffensive continued in the south. Tensions remained high around the Moscow-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant while the inspectors continued to assess the safety and security of the damaged facility,

Ukraine war latest: IAEA team finally arrives at Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, intense battles continue across front line

Ukraine war latest: IAEA team finally arrives at Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, intense battles continue across front line

by Asami Terajima

Despite obstruction from Moscow, the UN-led International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) mission finally reached the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant on Sept. 1. As the IAEA team of 14 experts headed through the battlefield to Europe’s largest nuclear plant, Russian forces began shelling the occupied city of Enerhodar and

Ukraine war latest: Military says counteroffensive in south begins as Russia continues assault on Ukraine

Ukraine war latest: Military says counteroffensive in south begins as Russia continues assault on Ukraine

by Asami Terajima

As signs that Ukraine had launched its long-awaited counteroffensive to liberate Russian-occupied Kherson began to emerge on Aug. 29, the Ukrainian government once again called on the remaining residents in occupied Kherson Oblast to evacuate. The Ukrainian military launched its counteroffensive in “many directions” in the south, Natalia Humeniuk, spokesperson

Ukraine’s struggle for independence

Ukraine’s struggle for independence

by Asami Terajima

On a cold day in 1918, a young student battalion began digging trenches to fortify their positions near Kyiv. They were filled with dreams of independent Ukraine and stood up to another of Russia’s attempts to subjugate their land. As about 5,000 Bolshevik troops came to seize Kyiv,

Russia steps up missile attacks, killing dozens across Ukraine

Russia steps up missile attacks, killing dozens across Ukraine

by Asami Terajima

Russian missile attacks hit several regions of Ukraine on the morning of July 11, killing dozens and damaging or destroying homes and infrastructure. Attacks were reported in Kharkiv, Mykolaiv, and Odesa oblasts. In Ukraine’s second-largest city of Kharkiv, Russian missile strikes resulted in a total of at least six

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