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Asami Terajima
@AsamiTerajima
Reporter at @KyivIndependent | Write me: [email protected]
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    Asami Terajima
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    Jan 17
    Over the past half a year, @KyivIndependent looked into the rising AWOL/desertion issue. The spike is especially critical as Ukraine faces a deepening infantry shortage on the front, allowing Russian troops to probe and advance in thinly manned sectors.
    Inside Ukraine's AWOL and military desertion crisis
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    Asami Terajima
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    Apr 30, 2022
    4 months ago in Mariupol... 💔 My heart is bleeding.
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    Asami Terajima
    @AsamiTerajima
    Feb 26, 2022
    I am currently in #Kyiv, reporting #Russia's war 24/7 for @KyivIndependent while also completing my degrees for university in the U.S. Despite being a straight-A student, my university refused to re-extend the deadline, saying that it would be against "the university protocols.”
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    Asami Terajima
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    Apr 23, 2022
    Inside the Azovstal steel plant in #Mariupol, where more than 1,000 civilians (children, women, elderly) were hiding in the basement for almost two months. Children are playing and keeping each other company but they are saying they want to go home, go outside in the sun 💔
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    Asami Terajima
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    Feb 26, 2022
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    It’s unreasonable that my university is demanding me to do my homework when there is an all-out war happening in my country and fightings taking place in and around the city. Hey @WilliamWoodsU, what do you think?
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    Asami Terajima
    @AsamiTerajima
    Apr 3, 2022
    Since Feb. 24, my Ukrainian friend in Amsterdam has been working tirelessly to send as much humanitarian aid to Ukraine. Today, she tried to send food to children in Bucha through NGOs. But she got a reply that there was no need because "most of them were killed."
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    Asami Terajima
    @AsamiTerajima
    Mar 8, 2022
    A mother and father saying goodbye to their child before leaving to defend #Ukraine.
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    Asami Terajima
    @AsamiTerajima
    Feb 26, 2022
    Replying to @AsamiTerajima
    The directors and professors told me that I had the chance to drop my courses a month ago when I asked about what would happen to me as a university student if Russia were to launch an all-out war against Ukraine (WHICH IS HAPPENING NOW).
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    Asami Terajima
    @AsamiTerajima
    Mar 13, 2022
    I still can't get over how a Russian girl (who used to be my good friend) told me that she didn't want to read/see what her country is doing to Ukraine because she "can't do anything about it." She is more concerned about the Russophobic messages she gets, says it's "not fair."
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    Asami Terajima
    @AsamiTerajima
    May 1, 2022
    Kyiv, Ukraine. Blessed to call this beautiful city my home.
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    Asami Terajima
    @AsamiTerajima
    Apr 7, 2022
    Cats are always in the center of the attention, even during the days of war. #Bucha
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    Asami Terajima
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    May 4, 2022
    New activity at the office today - colleagues (@IAPonomarenko and @IgorKossov) compared Russian army food ration to Ukrainian army food rations. Our unboxing and ration taste test video coming out soon on @KyivIndependent’s social media.
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    Asami Terajima
    @AsamiTerajima
    Apr 20, 2022
    My grandparents' hometown in Japan now has trains painted in blue and yellow in a show of solidarity with #Ukraine. Japan is with you, Ukraine. 💙💛
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    Asami Terajima
    @AsamiTerajima
    Apr 23, 2022
    Happy Eastern Orthodox Easter 🐣